Determine which change of state is being described in this passage. as the temperature decreases, the atoms lose energy. the atoms begin to move slower. they are held together by attractive forces, but are still able to slide past each other. a solid to liquid b liquid to solid c gas to liquid d gas to solid

Option (c) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

When atoms lose energy, the atoms come closer to each other. That is earlier, when temperature was high then the atoms had large kinetic energy where molecules were far apart from each other. Therefore, during this stage the atoms were in gaseous state.

When the temperature was decreased, atoms came closer to each other as the kinetic energy decreases the molecules come closer to each other. This results in the contraction of molecules. As a result, during this stage the atoms were in liquid state as the atoms are still able to slide past each other.

Thus, we can conclude that the change of state is from gas to liquid is being described in this passage.

atomic number of carbon is 6

electronic configuration of carbon is 1s²2s²2p²

orbital diagram of carbon is as shown here in the image.