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A cylinder at left with balls stacked near the bottom of the cylinder has an arrow leading to a cylinder at right cylinder with balls in a layer on the bottom of the cylinder.
How is energy related to the change of state represented by the model?
Atoms gain energy as a solid changes to a liquid.
Atoms gain energy as a solid changes to a gas.
Atoms lose energy as a solid changes to a liquid.
Atoms lose energy as a solid changes to a gas.
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Atoms gain energy as a solid changes to a liquid.
The left shows tightly packed, ordered particles (solid); the right shows them more spread and able to move past each other (liquid). Melting is endothermic, so particles gain kinetic energy to overcome some intermolecular attractions.
The left shows tightly packed, ordered particles (solid); the right shows them more spread and able to move past each other (liquid). Melting is endothermic, so particles gain kinetic energy to overcome some intermolecular attractions.
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