#6 Atomic Behavior

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12 questions
Part 1: Answer each of the following questions regarding atomic behavior
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Any sample of matter has mass and takes up space. The main reason for this is because:

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If you put food coloring in room temperature water, the coloring spreads throughout the water. The water causes the color to spread mainly because:

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Food coloring spreads out faster in hot water than in cold water. This is mainly because:

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When a thermometer is heated, the red liquid inside the thermometer moves up. This is mainly because:

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When a thermometer is cooled, the red liquid inside the thermometer moves down. This is mainly because:

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When you heat a sample of a solid, the sample gets a little bigger. This is mainly because:

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When you heat a sample of gas, what happens to the particles that make up the gas?

For questions 8 and 9, SELECT ALL of the correct answers (each question has more than one correct response)
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To describe a liquid, you could say:

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To describe a gas, you could say:

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A ____________ in the speed of the molecules allows the attractions between molecules to bring them a little closer together.

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Cooling a solid _________ the motion of the atoms.

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Draw a model that shows what happens to a group of atoms/molecules when you increase the thermal energy. Annotate your model with the three atomic behaviors.