What is the motion referred to when solid molecules travel until ...

[anshika]

What is the motion referred to when solid molecules travel until they collide?
 
  a. Jiggle
  b. Jingle
  c. Surface tension
  d. Boiling point

Question 2

Solids maintain their shape because their atoms are kept in place by strong mutual attractive forces, called:
 
  a. van der Waals forces.
  b. thermodynamic equilibrium.
  c. buoyancy.
  d. fluidics.

[Joy Chen]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Solids have a fixed volume and shape. The molecules comprising the solid have the shortest dis-tance to travel until they collide with one another. This motion has been referred to as a jiggle.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Solids maintain their shape because their atoms are kept in place by strong mutual attractive forces, called van der Waals forces.

[anshika]

Wow, this really help

[atrochim]

Gracias!