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There is a chocolate smell wafting through the Universal Space Agency office. The staff could not see anything in the air, but they did find a recently opened solid bar of chocolate. The lead chemist provides the following additional information: In order to smell an object, molecules from that object need to reach the inside of your nose.

You have been researching phase changes and energy. Use what you have learned to help you solve this mystery by completing the following steps:

Share your ideas with your partner about what is causing the chocolate smell.
Discuss why you think the new information provided by the lead chemist might help you solve the office mystery. Hint: Think about what you know about molecular movement, energy, attraction, and phase change.
In order to smell a solid object, what would need to be true about the freedom of movement of that object’s molecules? Write your thoughts below and then share with your partner.

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Answer:

It could be chocolate, but it could also be an inserted essential oil that smells strongly like chocolate, or it can also be a chemical inside a brown bar that looks like chocolate

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