Explain why we can easily move our hands in the air, but to do the same through a block of wood, we need a karate expert. [1 mark]

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Air, being a gas has large spaces between them due to weak forces of attraction while, wood, being a solid has very strong forces of attraction and very little space among its particles .For this reason, we can easily move our hands in the air, but to do the same through a block of wood, we need a karate expert.[1 mark]

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