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What happens to molecules in a solid when heat is applied?
When heat is applied to a solid, the molecules gain energy and begin to vibrate more rapidly. This increased vibration causes the molecules to have more space between them, leading to expansion of the solid. If enough heat is applied, the solid can reach its melting point and transition into a liquid state.
Does Increased temperature causes a molecule to vibrate?
Yes. The molecule vibrate about its equilibrium position. If the thermal energy is high enough the molecule can break free from intermolecular bonds leading to changes i physical phase (solid-->liquid-->gas)
Rubber is heated what happens to it's density?
When rubber is heated, it typically expands and its density decreases. This is because the increased thermal energy causes the rubber molecules to vibrate more, creating more space between them and leading to a decrease in density.
Do liquids vibrate around fixed positions?
they move around freely over one another
What happens to the molecular level when substances get hot?
When substances get hot, the molecules gain energy and vibrate more rapidly. This increase in molecular motion causes the substance to expand, changing its physical state (e.g. from solid to liquid or from liquid to gas) if the heating continues. Heating can also break the bonds between molecules, leading to chemical reactions and changes in the substance's properties.
What causes molecules energy that causes them to vibrate?
Heat!
Why do most things come less dense when heated?
the gain of energy causes the molecules to vibrate and bounce off each other, causing them to become farther apart.
When a substance absorbs heat its molecules move faster and it?
And farther apart, and it changes phase: ice to water, water to gas,
What causes the molecules in a medium to vibrate and form waves?
The transfer of energy.
What happens to the ice molecules when it melted?
When ice melts, the ice molecules gain energy from their surroundings and their bonds weaken. This causes the molecules to vibrate more and move further apart, transitioning from a solid state to a liquid state.
What happens to the distance between molecules as the temperature increases?
Temperature is an indirect measurement of a system's molecule's average kinetic energy (KE). As the temperature of a system increases, so does the KE of the molecules. This causes the molecules to move farther apart. You can see this most easily in an old (not digital) thermometer.
Adding thermal energy to a material causes the particles to?
vibrate more rapidly and move farther apart, increasing the material's temperature.
What happens when a source of energy causes medium to vibrate?
A Wave Forms .
What happens to greenhouse gas molecules when they encounter infrared radiation?
When greenhouse gas molecules encounter infrared radiation, they absorb the radiation and become energized. This causes them to vibrate and release heat energy, which contributes to the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.
What kind of radiation causes molecules to vibrate?
Infrared radiation causes molecules to vibrate by interacting with their bonds and increasing their kinetic energy. This vibration results in an increase in temperature, which is why infrared radiation is often used in heat lamps and infrared saunas.
What happens to molecules when a sound collides with them?
When a sound wave collides with molecules, it causes them to vibrate and transmit the sound energy through the medium. This vibration is what allows the sound wave to propagate through the material by transferring energy from one molecule to the next.
What happens to molecules in a solid when heat is applied?
When heat is applied to a solid, the molecules gain energy and begin to vibrate more rapidly. This increased vibration causes the molecules to have more space between them, leading to expansion of the solid. If enough heat is applied, the solid can reach its melting point and transition into a liquid state.
