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Eat at Joe's! Did you know that this neon sign is experiencing a change of state? When a neon sign lights up, like the one you see here, something is happening to the neon atoms inside the tube. How is this colorful sign related to kinetic energy and phase change?

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the answer is D- Electrical energy accelerates the electrons in the gas. The gas ionizes and becomes plasma.:)
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Electrical energy accelerates the electrons in the neon gas. The gas ionizes and becomes plasma, containing both positive and negative ions.
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