Question

Consider a balloon of nitrogen gas and a crystal of sugar sitting on a table at room conditions. Select the appropriate statement to fill in the blanks of each of the following. First part - comparing the same energy in different molecules a) The thermal energy of the sugar molecules is ______ that of the nitrogen molecules. greater than about the same as less than

Answer 1

Answer:

about the same

Explanation:

Thermal energy is constant at a certain temperature in general. The energy is denoted by $K_BT$

Where,

$K_B$ is the Boltzmann constant

T is the absolute temperature

Given that the balloon filled with nitrogen gas and the crystal of sugar are at room conditions means that they have same conditions and thus they will possess same energy irrespective of the states of the matter.

Thus,

The thermal energy of the sugar molecules is about the same as that of nitrogen molecules.