Question

Arrange the steps in order to describe what happens to a liquid when it is heated. Group of answer choices The particles in the liquid move faster. [ Choose ] The liquid changes to a gas. [ Choose ] The liquid gains thermal energy. [ Choose ] The spaces between the liquid particles increases. the chosen answer is are 1 2 3 and 4

Answer 1

(3) A liquid heated gains thermal energy , (1) leading to faster-moving particles that have (4) increased space between them, and eventually (2) changes to a gas at the boiling point.

Step-by-step explanation:

To explain what happens to a liquid when it is heated, we can arrange the steps in the following order:

1. The liquid gains thermal energy.
2. The particles in the liquid move faster.
3. The spaces between the liquid particles increase.
4. The liquid changes to a gas.

As the liquid absorbs thermal energy, the energy of its particles increases. This results in the particles moving more rapidly, causing the attractive forces between them to weaken, and the spaces between them to expand.

Eventually, the particles have enough kinetic energy to overcome intermolecular forces completely, which leads to a phase transition from liquid to gas, usually at the boiling point, the temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas at a fixed pressure.