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Chapter 3
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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1. What is a solid? | The state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and volume. |
2. What is a liquid? | The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume, but not a definite shape. |
3. What is a gas? | The state of matter in which a material doesn't have a definite shape nor volume. |
4. What is kinetic energy? | The energy an object has due to its motion. |
5. What is pressure? | The result of a force distributed over an area. |
6. What is absolute zero? | A temperature of 0 Kelvins. |
7. What is Charles's law? | The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant. |
8. What is Boyle's law? | The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure if the temperature and the number of particles are constant. |