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Which action happens at the microscopic scale as the temperature of a substance decreases and it eventually freezes?(2 points)

Particle motion increases, and the particles overcome electrostatic forces.
Particle motion increases, and electrostatic forces pull particles closer together.
Particle motion decreases, and electrostatic forces pull particles closer together.

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Particle motion decreases, and electrostatic forces pull particles closer together.

As temperature drops, kinetic energy of particles falls so they move less and attractive intermolecular (electrostatic) forces dominate, bringing particles into an ordered, fixed solid arrangement.