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vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solid | definite shape and a definite volume. |
| liquid | definite shape and no definite voulme. |
| gas | no definite shape and no definite volume. |
| kinetic energy | energy in an object due to its motion. |
| phase change | a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| endothermic | a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| heat of fusion | energy a substance must absorb in order to change from solid to a liquid. |
| exothermic | change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| vaporization | phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| heat of vaporization | energy a subustance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| evaporation | process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at the temperatures below the substances boiling point. |
| vapor pressure | pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container. |
| condensation | phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| sublimation | phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| deposition | phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without it first changing into a liquid first. |