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REVIEW NOTES (GENERAL CHEMISTRY

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Lesson 1 : Matter and Its Properties

1. Which state of past each other

matter has but are not in
particles that fixed positions?
are closely Answer: B) Liquid
packed in a Explanation:
fixed, orderly Liquids have
arrangement? particles that are
Answer: A) Solid close together but
Explanation: Solids not in fixed
have particles that positions. This
are arranged in a allows liquids to
fixed, orderly flow and take the
manner, with little shape of their
to no space container while still
between them. This maintaining a
arrangement gives definite volume.
solids a definite
shape and volume. 3. What state of
matter occurs at
2. In which state extremely low
of matter do temperatures,
particles move
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close to absolute
zero?
Answer: C) Bose-
Einstein
Condensate (BEC)
Explanation: BEC
occurs at
temperatures very
close to absolute
zero, where
particles occupy
the same quantum
state and behave as
a single quantum
entity with unique
properties.