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Phase Changes

Question 5 • FL-2003350-Chemistry 1 Honors Sem 1 - Flex

In a very cold cryogenic freezer, solid oxygen forms on the walls from the oxygen gas in the air. The oxygen is .

Answer
A
condensing
B
depositing
C
freezing

Explanation

Deposition is the change of state in which a gas turns directly into a solid, without becoming a liquid first. Here, oxygen gas forms solid oxygen on the freezer walls, so the oxygen is depositing. Condensing means gas changing to liquid, while freezing means liquid changing to solid.

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