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Vocab_3.3_c.n
Vocabulary for 3.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Phase Change? | A reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state to another. |
| What is endothermic? | The system absorbs the energy around its surroundings. |
| What is exothermic? | The system releases the 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 vaporation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is heat of vaporation? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is evaporation? | 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 collition of particles in a vapor with the walls of the container. |
| What is condensation? | The phase change when a substance changes from a gas to a vapor liquid. |
| What is sublimation? | The phase change when a substance changes from a solid to a gas vapor from a liquid first. |
| What is deposition? | The phase change when a substance changes from a gas vapor changes into a solid but first became as liquid. |