Question

A cook had a jar containing a sweet food and a jar containing a sour food. The sweet food has a strong attraction between its molecules, and the sour food has a weak attraction between its molecules. At room temperature, both foods are liquids. The cook left both jars in a place where the same amount of energy was transferred into both substances. When she returned, one of the foods had changed phase while the other had not. Which food changed phase, and how did it change?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sweet food changed because the molecules were able to move fast enough to overcome the attraction between them with its molecules now moving away from each other.

Explanation:

We are told that the sweet food has a strong attraction between its molecules, and the sour food has a weak attraction between its molecules.

This means that the molecules in the sweet food would be moving at a faster rate than in the sour food because of the strong forces of attraction. Therefore, the molecules in the sweet food would be moving far away from each other hence the change of phase.