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Intro to I.S.
Marisa-pnhs-intro to I.S. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a solid? | A solid is the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume. |
| What is a liquid? | A liquid is the state of matter in which material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is a gas? | Gas is the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite volume nor a definite shape. |
| What is kinetic energy? | Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its motion. |
| What is pressure? | Pressure is the result of a force distributed over an area. |
| What is absolute zero? | A temperature of 0 K. |
| What is Charles's law? | Charles's law states that 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 is Boyle's law? | Boyle's law states that 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 endothermic? | A chemical reaction that absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| What is exothermic? | A description of a change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| What is heat of vaporization? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is vaporization? | The process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substance's 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? | 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 into a liquid. |