Question

What must happen for carbon dioxide to sublimate at a given pressure?

a. energy must transfer from the carbon dioxide to its surroundings.
b. the average kinetic energy of the carbon dioxide molecules must
decrease.
o c. the orderliness of the carbon dioxide molecules must increase.
d. energy must transfer to the carbon dioxide from its surroundings.

Answer 1

Answer: d. energy must transfer to the carbon dioxide from its surroundings.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sublimation is the phase change from a solid to a gas, meaning that the particles will have more kinetic energy (since particles in the solid phase are more ordered than particles in the gas phase, and thus particles in the gas phase have more energy). Thus, for sublimation to occur, the particles need more energy, which must come from its surroundings.