Question

[ 6.5 ] In the space below, briefly explain why the average times for the two CO2 molecules you calculated should have been similar (or at least not significantly different). If a CO2 molecule starts out surrounded by other CO2 molecules, does this influence how quickly it will reach the other side of the leaf? You might find it helpful to reset the simulation and to re-examine the initial configurations of molecules. Collisions influence how molecules move, but do molecules only collide with other molecules of the same substance?

Answer 1

Answer:

This question is incomplete

Explanation:

This question is incomplete but there are two parts to this question that can generally be answered without the missing parts.

(1) If a CO₂ molecule starts out surrounded by other CO₂ molecules, does this influence how quickly it will reach the other side of the leaf?

What controls how quickly a CO₂ molecule/molecules enter into the leaf to the other parts of a leaf is the stomata on the leaf. Stomata are tiny openings on a plant leaf that allows for gaseous exchange (the release of oxygen and the absorption of CO₂) in the leaf.

(2)  Collisions influence how molecules move, but do molecules only collide with other molecules of the same substance? NO

One of the kinetic theory of gases states that gases collide with one another and against the walls of the container. It should however be noted that, gas molecules of a particular substance can collide with gas molecules of other substances, so far they are within the same container.