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phase changes
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in which phase transition do molecules move directly from a state involving vibration of particles in a fixed position to a state involving random movement of high-speed particles?
evaporation
sublimation
freezing
deposition

Explanation:

solid turns directly into a gas, matching the description.

• Evaporation is liquid to gas, freezing is liquid to solid, deposition is gas to solid, so they do not fit.

Answer:

solid turns directly into a gas, matching the description.

• Evaporation is liquid to gas, freezing is liquid to solid, deposition is gas to solid, so they do not fit.