move closer together and have less kinetic energy. move closer together and have more kinetic energy. move farther apart and have less kinetic energy. move farther apart and have more kinetic energy.
I gave my students this multiple choice question: As a sample of mercury changes state from liquid to solid, the atoms of the sample

Only one answer is correct among these 4 choices:
- move closer together and have less kinetic energy.
- move closer together and have more kinetic energy.
- move farther apart and have less kinetic energy.
- move farther apart and have more kinetic energy.

Could you tell me which one is correct?

move closer together and have less kinetic energy.