Asked by xen

Water boils at 100°C and turns into steam. Which similarities or differences are there between water at 100°C and steam at 100°C? (1 point)
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The particles will have more space between them as a liquid, but they will be moving faster as steam.
The particles will have more space between them as a liquid, but they will be moving faster as steam.

The particles will have more space between them as a liquid, but they will be moving at the same speed in both states.
The particles will have more space between them as a liquid, but they will be moving at the same speed in both states.

The particles will have more space between them and will be moving at higher speeds as steam.
The particles will have more space between them and will be moving at higher speeds as steam.

The particles will have more space between them as steam, but they will be moving at the same speed in both states.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The particles will have more space between them as steam, but they will be moving at the same speed in both states.

Reason: At the same temperature the average kinetic energy (and thus average speed) of the molecules is the same; the gas simply has much larger distances between particles than the liquid.