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I.S.pom33
DiRito-pnhs-I.S.vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solid | the state of matter in which materials have a definate shape and definate volume |
| liquid | the state of matter in which a material has a defiante volume but not a definate shape(it has a variable shape) |
| gas | the state of matter in which the materials have a Variable shape and a variable volume |
| kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to it's motion |
| phase change | a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another |
| endothermic | a description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from it's surroundings |
| heat of fusion | the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid |
| exothermica | a descriptionof a change in whgich a system releases energy to it's surroundings |
| vaporization | the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
| heat of vaporization | the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas |
| evaporation | the process that changes a substance from a liquidto a gas at temperatures below the seubstance's boiling point |
| vapor pressure | the pressure caused by the collisons of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container |
| condensation | the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid |
| sublimation | the phase change in which a substance in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first |
| deposition | the phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid |