A liquid is cooled during an investigation causing it to solidify. Which of the following most likely occurred?

This question lacks options, the options are;

A. Absorption of heat

B. A chemical change

C. A physical change

D. Formation of a new compound

The answer is C. A physical change

Explanation:

A physical change is a type of change that does not involve the chemical composition of the substance(s) involved. Physical changes affect the form but not the chemical content of a substance. Examples of physical changes are freezing, change of state, boiling etc.

In this question, a liquid is cooled during an investigation causing it to solidify. The cooling of this liquid represents a PHYSICAL CHANGE because the liquid state of the substance is only changed to a solid state but does not involve changing the chemical composition of the substance.

the role of the microscope world in creating new materials .

"among the transition metal elements, manganese and zinc have a slight lowering of electronegativities. the reason behind this is that the nuclear charges of these elements are slightly weaker than the other transition metal elements due to the way their valence electrons are filled up. both manganese and zinc have their valence electrons filled up to the 4th shell with 1 pair of electrons (4s2) completely occupying it. although the electrons in the 3rd shell (3d) are yet to be paired since the outer most shell is filled up, the ability of the nucleus to attract electrons is lessened. hence,   the electronegativity (or the ability to attract electrons) is lessened."