Tom wanted to test his hypothesis that plants grow better at room temperature than in cold temperatures. he placed an ivy plant in the refrigerator, which had no light source. he also placed a spider plant in the window in his room. what were tom's variables?

The small bags of silica gel you often see in a new shoe box are placed there to control humidity. despite its name, silica gel is a solid. it is a chemically inert, highly porous, amorphous form of sio2. because water vapor readily adsorbs onto the surface of silica gel, it acts as a desiccant. despite not knowing mechanistic details of the adsorption of water onto silica gel, from the information provided you should be able to make an educated guess about the thermodynamic characteristics of the process. predict the signs for δg, δh, and δs for the adsorption of water.

Suppose that a certain fortunate person has a net worth of $71.0 billion ($7.10×1010). if her stock has a good year and gains $3.20 billion (3.20×109) in value, what is her new net worth?

What volume of 0.500 mol/l hydrochloric acid, hci (aq) is required to react completely with 1.00 g of aluminum hydroxide, ai(oh)3 (s)?