In which state of matter do water molecules have the lowest amount of kinetic energy? a. solid ice b. liquid water c. water vapor

The answer would have to be option A "solid ice." The molecules in the ice are not moving at all they are together shaking, and kinetic energy is the amount of energy a object has when its moving. If the ice particles are not moving they don't have kinetic energy they have potential energy which is the amount of energy a object has when it isn't moving. Also, water molecules are moving but not so fast which would mean they do have kinetic energy but not much. Water Vapor is gas which would mean the molecules are moving fast which would also mean that they have a huge amount of kinetic energy but you are asking for the lowest amount of kinetic energy not the highest.

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explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.

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