When a substance such as ice melts, its temperature increases. Describe what happens to the arrangement of the water molecules as the temperature increases.
A) Water molecules separate into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
B) Water molecules become less orderly and they spread apart.
C) The kinetic energy of the water molecules decreases proportionally to the temperature change.
D) Water molecules lose all contact with one another and inter molecular forces are non-existent.
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The answer is B. This is an example of a physical change. In my rough diagram, I show that Ice molecules are packed together. Water molecules are more spread move more freely, and gas molecules are even more spread apart and have the most freedom of motion. These molecules have not changed in chemical form, because they are all still H2O molecules, in different physical states.
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option (b) is the correct answer.
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option ( a) is not true because ice changing into water is a physical change and there is no chance in the chemical component
option ( c) is not true because ice gains kinetic energy to melt into water.
option ( d) is not true because intermolecular force is still present but it has decreased considerably.
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