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Ch 3.0
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Solid | A substance with a definite shape and volume. The particles are very close, together and don't move past each other. Keeps it shape. |
Liquid | A substance with a definite volume but no definite shape.The particles can move past each other. Takes the shape of its container. |
Gas | A substance with no definite volume or shape. Particles spread out evenly and take shape of its container.Can be squeezed into a smaller volume. |
Plasma | Like a gas, but conducts electricity like a metal. Occurs at high temps or electric charge. |
Melting Point | Solid to liquid or liquid to solid. Same temp as the freezing point. |
Evaporation | When liquid becomes a gas. |
Condensation | When gas becomes a liquid. Gas particles touch a cold surface and the temp drops. |
Boiling Point | he temp at which evaporation occurs. |
MIXTURE | Two or substances that mix together but each keeps its own identity |
SOLUTION | A mixture where substance spreads out evenly and will not settle |
SOLUTE | The substance being dissolved |
SOLVENT | What the substance is dissolved in |
SOLUBILITY | A way to measure how much a material dissolves into another |