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Intro. to I.S.
tripp - pnhs- intro to I.S. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the definition of a solid? | A state of matter. Has a definite shape, and has a definite volume. |
| What is the definition of a liquid? | A state of matter. Has no definite shape, but has a definite volume. |
| What is the definition of a gas? | A state of matter. Has no definite shape, and no definite volume. |
| What is the definition of kinetic energy? | The energy of an object has due to its motion. |
| What does the kinetic theory of matter say? | All particles of matter are in constant motion. |
| What is the definition of pressure? | The result of a force distributed over an area. |
| What is the definition of absolute zero? | A temperature of 0 Kelvin(K). |
| What does Charle's law state? | 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. |
| What does Boyle's law state? | The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure if the temperature and the number of particles are constant. |
| What does the combined gas law describe? | The relationship among the temperature, volume, and pressure of a gas when the number of particles is constant. |
| What is the definition of a phase change? | The reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| What happens during an endothermic change? | The system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | The amount of energy required to change a substance temperature. Different for every substance. Measured in joules(J). |
| WHat happens during an exothermic change? | The system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. And endothermic process. |
| What is heat of vaporization? | The amount of energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. Different for every substance. Measured in joules(J). |
| What is evaporation? | The process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below a substance's boiling point. |
| What is vapor pressure? | The pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container. |
| What is condensation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| What is sublimation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| What is deposition? | The phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid. |