Answer :
Answer:
D) Significantly more energy is required to vaporize water because the intermolecular forces between molecules are being completely broken.
Explanation:
Different states of matter differ because of intermolecular distance between them . Molecules are closest in solid state and farthest in gaseous state . To separate them energy is needed . When matter changes state from liquid to gas , the distance between the molecule increases enormously . Hence energy requirement too is large . When matter changes state from solid to liquid , their mutual separation does not increase much so energy requirement too is lesser. Moreover there is tremendous increase in their volume in gaseous state due to which gas has to do work against external pressure which requires much energy.
The time that is required for vaporize the sample of water should be option D. Since more energy should be required due to the intermolecular forces.
Intermolecular distance:
Here various states of matter should differ due to the intermolecular distance that lies between them. Here molecules should be nearest in the solid-state and it should be far in the gaseous state. For distinct them, energy should be required. Also, there is an increase in the volume in gaseous because of the gas to do work
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