You place a drop of blue food coloring in a cup of cold water and another drop of food coloring in a cup of hot water. Which observation is correct and why? A The food coloring in the hot water will spread more slowly than in the cold water because water molecules move more slowly when hot. B The food coloring in the hot water will spread more quickly than in the cold water because water molecules move more quickly when hot. C The food coloring in the cold water will spread more quickly than in the hot water because water molecules move more quickly when cold. D The food coloring in the cold water will spread at the same rate at the food coloring in the hot water because water molecules at any temperature move at the same rate.

Option B is correct: The food coloring in the hot water will spread more quickly than in the cold water because water molecules move more quickly when hot since they have more kinetic energy.

Kinetic energy of the molecules:

According to the question, we place a drop of blue food coloring in a cup of cold water and another drop of food coloring in a cup of hot water and then observe the spreading of the blue color in both the cups.

Option B will be correct because the kinetic energy of the molecules of a gas or a liquid is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas or the liquid.

High kinetic energy means that the molecules will have higher velocity, which will make it easier for any solvent to dissolve in water since it will spread faster.

So the cup which has water at a higher temperature will have a faster spread of the food coloring.

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