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Chapter 3 I.S.
Chapter 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solid | the state of matter in witch materials have adefinate shape and a definate volume. |
| liquid | the state of matter in witch a material has a definate volume but not a definste shape. |
| gas | the state of matter in witch a material has niether a definate shape nor a definate volume. |
| kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to its mottion. |
| pressure | the result of a force distributed over an area an area |
| ablote zero | a tempature of 0 kelvins |
| charle's law | the direct proportion of a gas to its tempature (in kalvins) if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant. |
| boyle's law | the inverse variation of the volume of a gas with its pressure if the tempature and the number of particles are constant. |
| phase change | a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| endothermic | the discription of a change in witch a system absorbs energy from its suroundings. |
| heat of fusion | thye enegy of a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| exothermic | a disription of a change in witch a system realeses energy to its surroundings |
| vaporization | the phase change in witch a substance changes from a liquid into a gas |
| heat of vaporation | the energy of a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas |