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What happens to states of matter when you remove thermal energy?
When thermal energy is added the matter goes slower
How does adding or removing thermal energy affect the physical states of matter?
Adding thermal energy can cause a substance to change from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a gas, through processes like melting or boiling. Removing thermal energy can cause a substance to change from a gas to a liquid or from a liquid to a solid, through processes like condensation or freezing.
What type of energy is responsible for a substance changing between the states of matter?
The change in states of matter is due to differences in the potential energy of the particles. For example, when a substance transitions from a solid to a liquid or gas, it absorbs energy to overcome the intermolecular forces holding the particles together, increasing their kinetic energy and allowing them to move more freely.
What is needed for matter to change states?
For matter to change states, energy must be added or removed. In a solid-liquid phase change, energy is added to break intermolecular forces. In a liquid-gas phase change, energy is added to overcome intermolecular forces and increase kinetic energy.
How are states of matter and changes in energy related?
When thermal energy is added or removed, the state of matter changes to another eg. solid becomes liquid and liquid becomes gas.
What state of matter to particles have the most thermal energy?
Plasma's are the most energetic states we have discovered but the answer you are probably looking for is when the matter is in a gaseous state, that is when the atoms have dissociated from each other almost completely. But in plasma the particles that make up an atom have dissociated.
What energy is the total energy of all of the particles in an object always flows from warmer matter to cooler matter?
The total energy is thermal energy, which is the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of all particles. This flow of energy from warmer to cooler matter is due to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that heat naturally flows from higher temperature regions to lower temperature regions until thermal equilibrium is reached.
During which state of matter does thermal energy of a substance increase?
The thermal energy of a substance increases when it changes from a solid state to a liquid state, or from a liquid state to a gas state. This is because the molecules in the substance gain more kinetic energy and move more freely as the substance transitions between states of matter.
Can you make thermal energy?
No. The law of conservation of energy states that energy can not be created or destroyed. However, energy transfers can result in thermal energy.
How is the thermal energy of a substance related to it physical state?
The thermal energy of a substance determines its state, since thermal energy, aka internal energy, is the energy the molecules in the substance have. If the energy exceeds the force holding the substance together the substance undergoes a phase change.The physical state of a substance is related to its temperature, the measure of thermal energy. The substance can change states depending on the temperature, e.g. boiling.
How is the thermal energy of a substance related to its state?
The thermal energy of a substance determines its state, since thermal energy, aka internal energy, is the energy the molecules in the substance have. If the energy exceeds the force holding the substance together the substance undergoes a phase change.The physical state of a substance is related to its temperature, the measure of thermal energy. The substance can change states depending on the temperature, e.g. boiling.
Is the temperature of a plasma higher or lower than other states of matter?
We generally think of a plasma as being at a higher temperature than other forms (states) of matter). A plasma exists in an environment where thermal energy is so high that one or more electrons have been "driven out" of the electron cloud around atoms. These atoms have become ions, and the thermal energy is so high that the electrons don't readily "drop back into" their orbitals. The higher the thermal energy, the more electrons are torn out of their orbitals, as you probably guessed.
