Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: Matter, Exercise 3: Exercises

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An atom is defined as the smallest unit of matter that has independent existence and carries the physical and chemical properties of the matter.

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The intermolecular force of attraction increases when intermolecular space increases.

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If the molecules in a substance have very large kinetic energies, which can completely overcome the intermolecular force of attraction between them, then the substance is a liquid.

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When a gas is cooled, its molecules lose energy and slow down.

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The force of attraction between the molecules of water and that of glass is the force of cohesion.

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The process of change of state from the gaseous state directly to solid state is called sublimation.

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On the basis of the kinetic theory of matter, explain why liquids have a fixed volume but not a fixed shape. 

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On the basis of the kinetic theory of matter, explain why gases have neither a fixed volume nor a fixed shape.