Conceptual Challenge Problems
These rigorous, thought-provoking problems integrate conceptual learning with problem solving and are suitable for group work.
CP1.C (Section 1.8) In Section 1.8 you read that, on an atomic scale, all matter is in constant motion. (For example, the average speed of a molecule of nitrogen or oxygen in the air is greater than 1000 miles per hour at room temperature.) (a) What evidence can you put forward that supports the kinetic-molecular theory? (b) Suppose you accept the notion that molecules of air are moving at speeds near 1000 miles per hour. What can you then reason about the paths that these molecules take when moving at this speed?
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