SCIENCEEEEEEEEE Frieda makes a pyramid of oranges for a display at the grocery store. A few minutes later, Corwin bumps into the display and the oranges spill down. Which change of state does the motion of the oranges most closely model?

The correct answer is A. Melting

Explanation:

Melting occurs in solids as these change their state to liquid state, usually due to high temperatures. For example, if one cube of ice is exposed to heat it melts. This physical change implies the solid loss its defined shape and particles in it are not as organized as before.

This process is exemplified by the situation of the oranges because the pyramid of oranges had a defined shape and the oranges were arranged in a defined pattern; however, in the end, this shape changes, and the particles (oranges) are no longer organized in a strict pattern. Also, the distance between particles increases, which also happens when solids become liquids.

Rather, physicists believe the Big Bang created and stretched space itself, expanding the universe. As the early universe cooled, the matter produced in the Big Bang gathered into stars and galaxies. For a brief moment after the Big Bang, the immense heat created conditions unlike any conditions astrophysicists see in the universe today.