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Vocabs_3.3_CB
vocabulary for chapter 3.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Phase change- | Is the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| Endothermic- | A system that absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| Heat of fusion- | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| Exothermic- | A system that releases energy to its surroundings. |
| Vaporization- | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| Heat of vaporization- | The energy of a substance must absorb in order to change form a liquid to a gas. |
| Evaporation- | Is the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substances boiling point. |
| Condensation- | Is the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| Sublimation- | Is the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| Deposition- | When a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid. |