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vocab_3.3_nr
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are six common phase changes? | Melting, Freezing, Vaporization, Condensation, Sublimation, and Deposition |
| What is an Endothermic change? | Is when the system absorbs energy |
| What is "Heat of Fusion"? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from solid to liquid. |
| What is an exothermic change? | Is when the system releases energy to its surroundings |
| What is vaporization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
| What is evaporation? | Is the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at tempatures below the substances boiling point |
| What is vapor pressure? | The pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container |
| What is condensation? | Is the phase change in which a substance changes fron a gas or vapor to a liquid |
| What is sublimation? | Is the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor |
| What is deposition? | When a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid |