Kinetic Theory Study Questions

           

  1. What two properties of billiard balls enabled them to serve as a model for atoms in the kinetic theory?
  2. What theory is used to explain both phase changes and the behavior of plasmas?
  3. What are the four principles of the kinetic theory?
  4. What property of the particles making up matter is most important to the kinetic theory?
  5. According to the kinetic theory what is needed to change the direction of a particle?
  6. What is the preferred direction according to the kinetic theory?
  7. What is a cohesive force?
  8. According to the kinetic theory what is the purpose of the cohesive force?
  9. What causes pressure?
  10. What relationship exists between density and pressure?
  11. What is temperature?
  12. If H2 and Hg2 are both at 100K, which molecules are moving faster?
  13. What type of pattern is found in a solid?
  14. What type of pattern is found in a liquid crystal?
  15. Both solids and glasses are rigid.  What is the difference between them?
  16. What type of entropy loss is found in a glass?
  17. What is entropy?
  18. What type of bonds are found in solids?
  19. What state of matter is found with large molecules?
  20. What type of molecular motion occurs in liquids?
  21. What is the impact of cohesive forces in a gas?
  22. What general statement can be made about the mass of gases?
  23. Why do polar molecules tend to be liquids rather than gases?
  24. How do plasmas differ from gases?
  25. What is a phase change?
  26. What conditions interact to determine the phase change point?
  27. What type of relationship exists between pressure and the phase change point?
  28. What is the triple point of a substance?
  29. What is latent heat?
  30. Is the latent heat of sublimation greater or less than the latent heat of vaporization?
  31. Compare evaporation and boiling.
  32. How is sublimation related to the triple point of a material?
  33. Why does the phase change diagram flatten during boiling?
  34. What is the effect of strong cohesive forces on a substance?
  35. According to La Chatelier, what happens to a system under stress?
  36. What is the effect of a phase change on system’s stress?
  37. What two stressors melt the ice under a skater’s blade?
1