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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a solid? | State of matter where the object has a definite shape and volume |
| What is a liquid? | State of matter where the object has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is a gas? | State of matter where the object has neither a definite shape nor volume. |
| What is kinetic energy? | The amount of energy an object has due to motion. |
| What is a phase change? | A reversible physical change that occurs when one substance from one state of matter to another. |
| What is endothermic? | A description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | The amount of 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? | A phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to 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 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 the collisions in 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 in 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. |