Question

If the pellets represent particles in matter, what do you think the shaking represents?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Procedure

1. Read and complete a lab safety form.

2. Place about 50 copper pellets into  a plastic petri dish. Place the cover  on the dish, and secure it with tape.

3. Hold the dish by the edges. Gently  vibrate the dish from side to side no  more than 1–2 mm. Observe the  pellets. Record your observations in  your Science Journal.

4. Repeat step 3, vibrating the dish less  than 1 cm from side to side.

5. Repeat step 3, vibrating the dish  3–4 cm from side to side.

if the pellets represent particles in matter, what do you think the shaking represents?

Explanation:

This procedure seeks to illustrate the "properties" of particles in matter. The shaking of the pellets represents the movement of the particles of matter (which occurs in liquids and gases). This is because the movement of particles in a liquid and gaseous state freely moves around (reason the petri-dish was vibrated so the pellet particles which serve as the liquid/gaseous particles can move freely).

NOTE: The particles in a solid have a highly restricted movement (or no movement) because of the compact nature of the particles within the solid.