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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amorphous solid | a solid made up of particles that are not arranged in a regular pattern |
| boiling | vaporization that occurs at and below the surface of a liquid |
| boiling point | the temperature at which a liquid boils |
| Boyle's Law | a principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature |
| Charles's Law | a principle that describes the relationship between the temperature and volume of a constant pressure |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| crystalline solid | a solid that is made up of crystals in which particles are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern |
| directly proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose graph is a straight line passing through the point (0,0) |
| evaporation | the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas |
| fluid | any substance that can flow |
| freezing | the change in state from a liquid to solid |
| gas | a state of matter with no definite shape or volume |
| inversely proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose product is constant |
| liquid | a state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume |
| melting | the change in state from a solid to a liquid |
| melting point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid; the same as the freezing point, or temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid |
| pressure | the force pushing on a surface divided by the area of that surface |
| solid | a state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume |
| sublimation | the change in state from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state |
| surface tension | the result of an inward pull among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together; causes the surface to act as if it has a thin skin |
| vaporization | the change of state from a liquid to a gas |
| viscosity | a liquid's resistance to flowing |