The Great Oxidation Event (GOE), sometimes also called the Great Oxygenation Event, Oxygen Catastrophe, Oxygen Crisis, Oxygen Holocaust,[2] or Oxygen Revolution, was a time period when the Earth's atmosphere and the shallow ocean first experienced a rise in oxygen, approximately 2.4 billion years ago (2.4 Ga) to 2.1–2.0 Ga during the Paleoproterozoic era.[3] Geological, isotopic, and chemical evidence suggests that biologically produced molecular oxygen (dioxygen, O2) started to accumulate in Earth's atmosphere and changed Earth's atmosphere from a weakly reducing atmosphere to an oxidizing atmosphere,[4] causing many existing species on Earth to die out.[5] The cyanobacteria producing the oxygen caused the event which enabled the subsequent development of multicellular forms.
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- <u><em>C) How much energy was added to the substance to increase molecule motion? </em></u>
Explanation:
<em>The most relevant question to ask regarding this change</em> must take into account the physical knowledge about matter.
When matter changes from<em> liquid </em>state to <em>gaseous</em> state, a physical change called evaporation, the particles (molecules or atoms) of the <em>pure substance </em>will separate from each other, take up more space and move faster.
<em>Condensation</em> is the opposite to evaporation, thus the option A) is not the most relevant question.
<em>The charge of the particles</em> does not change; so the option B) is not relevant at all.
The particles should gain energy from the surroundings to <em>increase</em> their <em>motion</em> (kinetic energy) when they pass from liquid state, where they move slower, to gas state, where they move faster. Hence, the option<em> C), How much energy was added to the substance to increase molecule motion?</em> , is totally relevant.
Since this is an increase in the <em>kinetic energy of the molecules</em>, the option D) is not relevant.
