Question

raul and bonnie are trying to classify several objects that they found during a field trip to the beach. they collected a sample of seawater, a piece of driftwood, and several smooth pebbles. how are the particles that make up the driftwood similar to those of the pebbles but not to those of the seawater

Answer 1

Answer: they vibrate but are locked in place

Explanation: driftwood and pebbles are solids, so the atoms inside them are tight and don't move around as freely as particles in a gas or liquid do.

Answer 2

the particles that make up the driftwood and pebbles are packed closely together in an orderly arrangement and the particles vibrate and rotate about in a fixed position. the particles from seawater are packed closely together but not in an orderly arrangement and the particles are able to move throughout the liquid.