How does an increase in thermal energy affect molecules?

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The molecules tend to speed up and move faster throughout the substance once thermal energy increases. This is evident whenever we heat up water as its molecules tend to move faster throughout the water as thermal energy tends to increase.

Licemer1 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

They begin to vibrate more.

Explanation:

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Cart A, with a mass of 0.20 kg, travels on a horizontal air trackat 3.0m/s and hits cart B, which has a mass of 0.40 kg and is i

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Answer:

$\large \boxed{\text{C. 2.3 m/s}}$

Explanation:

Data:

$m_{\text{A} } = \text{0.20 kg};\,v_{\text{Ai}} = \text{3.0 m/s}\\m_{\text{B} } = \text{0.40 kg};\,v_{\text{Bi}} = \text{2.0 m/s}\\$

Calculation:

This is a perfectly inelastic collision. The two carts stick together after the collision and move with a common final velocity.

The conservation of momentum equation is

$\begin{array}{rcl}m_{\text{A}}v_{\text{Ai}} +m_{\text{B}} v_{\text{Bi}}&=&(m_{\text{A}} + m_{\text{B}})v_{\text{f}}\\0.20\times 3.0 + 0.40\times 2.0 & = & (0.20 + 0.40)v_{\text{f}}\\0.60 + 0.80 & = & 0.60v_{\text{f}}\\1.40 & = & 0.60v_{\text{f}}\\v_{\text{f}}&=& \dfrac{1.40}{0.60}\\\\& = & \textbf{2.3 m/s}\\\end{array}\\\text{The centre of mass has a velocity of $\large \boxed{\textbf{2.3 m/s}}$}$