Consider a balloon of nitrogen gas and a crystal of sugar sittingon a table at r

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Consider a balloon of nitrogen gas and a crystal of sugar sittingon a table at room conditions. Select the appropriate statement tofill in the blanks of each of the following. Note that there areonly two parts but four questions. You must get both questionscorrect in a part to get credit for that part.

First part - comparing the same energy in different molecules

a) The thermal energy of the sugar molecules is ______ that of thenitrogen molecules. SELECT ANSWER

     greater than?
     about the same as?
     less than?

b) The energy of interaction between sugar molecules is _____ thatof the nitrogen molecules. SELECT ANSWER

     greater than?
     about the same as?
     less than?


Second part - comparing different energies in the same molecule

c) The thermal energy of the sugar molecules is _____ their energyof interaction. SELECT ANSWER

     greater than?
     about the same as?
     less than?

d) The thermal energy of the nitrogen molecules is ____ theirenergy of interaction. SELECT ANSWER

     greater than?
     about the same as?
     less than?

Explanation / Answer

a. greater than

b. about the same as

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