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Phase Changes Vocabu
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Term | Definition |
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Altitude | vertical distance, or elevation, above sea level. |
Boil | change from a liquid to a gas. |
Boiling point | the temperature at which boiling occurs. |
Freeze | change from a liquid to a solid |
Freezing point | the temperature at which freezing occurs. |
Gas | a phase in which matter has no definite shape or volume. |
Gas properties | will expand to fill any container; can be compressed; molecules relatively far apart and move freely. |
Water vapor | water in the gas phase |
Liquid | a phase in which matter has definite volume but no definite shape. |
Liquid properties | will take the shape of a container but cannot expand or be compressed; molecules in a liquid move randomly but stay close to one another. |
Melt | change from a solid to a liquid. |
Melting point | the temperature at which melting occurs. |
Phase | a state of matter with certain physical properties |
Solid | a phase in which matter has a definite shape and a definite volume. |
Solid properties | will retain the same shape and volume in any container; atoms are held in a rigid structure and cannot move freely |
Ice | water in the solid phase |
Thermal energy | Energy in the form of heat |
Vaporization | rapid change from liquid to gas |
Condensation | change from gas to liquid |
Sublimation | change from solid to gas |
Evaporation | slow change from liquid to gas |
Deposition | change from gas to solid |