Question

When matter is transformed from the liquid state to the gas state, the distance between the particles _______ and the attractive forces between the particles

a. decreases; increase.
b. increases; decrease or are absent.
c. increases; increase.
d. decreases; decrease or are absent.

Answer 1

B. increase; decrease or are absent

In a liquid, the particles move around more than a solid, but way less than in a gas because there isn't that much space between particles.

When matter is a gas, the particles tend to move in a larger area and they tend to get very far away from each other. So, the space between particles increase and the attraction forces decrease.