1A) States of Matter

Question 1

In the experiment with cotton wool soaked in ammonia solution and hydrochloric acid, where does the white ring form?

Answer 1

Forms closer to the hydrochloric acid end because Ammonia is lighter which means the particles will move further than the heavier hydrochloric acid particles.

Question 2

Solubility rhyme?

Answer 2

The solute is what you put
The solvent is where it went
And the solution is what you’re producin’

Question 3

In the experiment using liquid bromine that fills a jar with brown gas, what is the process that causes the gas to fill the jar?

Answer 3

Diffusion

Question 4

Explain the observations seen in the gas jar of bromine:

Answer 4

The bromine liquid is evaporating and the particles escape from the liquid.
Through diffusion the particles move freely from an area of high to low concentration in order to fill the jar