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Heat is removed from a gas, and the substance becomes a liquid. how can you explain this

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Gas particles have less more energy than liquid particles.
As a gas cools , its molecule will move more slowly.
At some point the attraction between molecules overcome their decreasing momentum, drawing them together into the more compact form.
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