Solids and Plasmas

Question 1

Which low-energy state of condensed matter is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

solid

Question 2

Which description best characterizes the motion of particles in a solid?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

vibrating around fixed positions

Question 3

What are thermal plasmas?

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plasmas that reach a temperature equal to their surroundings

Question 4

How does the motion of particles in the sun’s plasma compare to the motion of particles in a solid?

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Particles in the plasma move randomly, but particles in a solid vibrate in one place.

Question 5

Which is an example of plasmas in nature?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

auroras

Question 6

A plasma that has particles that never collide frequently enough to exchange kinetic energy and never reach a temperature equal to the surroundings is categorized as a

Revolt · Accepted Answer

nonthermal plasma.

Question 7

Substance X has a fixed volume, and the attraction between its particles is strong. Substance Y has widely spread out particles and can be compressed. What can most likely be concluded about these substances?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Substance X is a solid, and substance Y is a plasma.

Question 8

Which reason best explains why plasmas are good conductors of electricity?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They have mobile charged particles.

Question 9

Temperature depends on the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample. How does this help explain why a plasma-based light does not have a high temperature?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Most particles in the plasma are heavy, slow, and very low density.

Question 10

Which state of matter is characterized by ionized particles, no definite shape or volume, and good electrical conductivity?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

plasma

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