1 - The Particulate Nature of Matter and States of Matter
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What is matter?
💡 Hint: Think of examples around you.
Name the three primary states of matter.
💡 Hint: Recall how each state behaves.
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What is the primary characteristic of solids?
💡 Hint: Think about how solids hold their shape versus how liquids behave.
True or False: Gases have a definite volume.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you release air from a balloon.
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Explain how the addition of heat energy can affect the state of a solid and provide a real-world example.
💡 Hint: Consider how warming an ice cube changes its state.
Discuss the role of intermolecular forces in determining the state of matter, and how these forces change as substances transition from one state to another.
💡 Hint: Think about how energy affects particle motion in different states.
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