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Term | Definition |
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cristline solids | particles form a regular repeating pattern |
Amorphous solids | particles not arranged in a repeating pattern |
Solid | closely packed particles cause matter to have a definite shape and definite volume |
Liquid | particles are free to move so this state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape |
Surface Tension | An inward force, or pull among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together |
Viscosity | A liquid's resistance to flowing |
Gas | particles are able to move and spread out filling all space available, thus state of matter has no definite shape or definite volume |
Temperature | the higher the temperature the faster particles moving. |
Melting | When a solid changes to a liquid |
Melting point | the temperature at which a substance melts |
Freezing | When a liquid changes to a solid |
Freezing point | the temperature when a substance freezes |
Vaporization | When a liquid changes to a gas |
Evaporation | takes place only on the surface of the liquid |
Boiling | When vaporization occurs both below the and at the surface |
Boiling Point | Temperature at which a liquid boils |
Condensation | When a gas changes to a liquid |
Sublimation | When a substance changes straight from a solid to a gas |
Charles’s Law | When the temperature of a gas at a constant pressure is increased the volume is increased, if the temperature is decreased then the volume is decreased. |
Directly proportional | as one amount increases, another amount increases at the same rate. |
Boyles Law | When the pressure of a gas at a constant temperature is increased the volume is decreases, if the temperature is decreased then the volume is increases. |
Inversely proportional | When the value of one variable increases, the other decrease |