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3.1, 3.3 vocab sci.
Vocabulary for sections 3.1 and 3.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solid | the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume. |
| liquid | the state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| gas | is the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume. |
| kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to its motion. |
| phase change | is the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| endothermic | when the system absorbs energy from it's surroundings |
| heat of fusion | the amount of energy absorbed |
| exothermic | when the system releases energy to it's surroundings |
| vaporization | the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
| heat of vaporization | the amount of energy a substance must absorb to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| evaporation | the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substance's boiling point |
| vapor pressure | the pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container |
| condensation | the phase change in which a substance changes fom a gas or vapor to a liquid |
| sublimation | the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid |
| depostion | when a gas or a vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid |