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Intro to I.S.
nwhite-pnhs-intro to I.S. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does definite shape and volume mean? | Definite volume means the volume stays the same. Definite shape means the shape stays the same. |
| What are the states of matter? | Solid, Liquid, Gas, Bose-Einstein, and Plasma. |
| What is the definition of a solid? | The state of matter in which a material have a definite shape and volume. |
| What is the definition of a liquid? | The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is the definition of a gas? | The state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape or volume. |
| What is the definition of kinetic energy? | The energy an object has due to its motion. |
| What is the definition of pressure? | The result of a force distributed over an area. |
| What is absolute zero? | A temperature of 0 Kelvin. |
| 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 are constant. |
| 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. |
| What is a phase change? | The reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| What is an endothermic change? | The system absorbs energy from it's surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | Melting. |
| What is an exothermic change? | The system releases energy to it's surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| What is evaporation? | The process that changes a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the 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 o0r vapor without changing into a liquid first. |
| What is deposition? | The phase change that changes directly from solid without first changing into a liquid. |