2.2.5 - Random Motion
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is random motion?
💡 Hint: Think about how dust moves in the air.
Provide an example of random motion.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when air is still or moving.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What defines random motion?
💡 Hint: Remember the dust example!
True or False: The particles in a gas move randomly at all temperatures.
💡 Hint: Think about particle behavior in gases.
Get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Considering a confined gas where the temperature suddenly rises, explain the subsequent changes in random motion.
💡 Hint: Link temperature to energy!
Analyze the behavior of particles in a liquid that experiences a temperature drop. What does that do to their random motion?
💡 Hint: Think about how cooling slows things down!
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.