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States of Matter
Smith-pnhs-states of matter I.S vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is solid? | Solid is the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume. |
| What is liquid? | Liquid is the state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is gas? | Gas is the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume. |
| What is kinetic energy? | Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because of its motion. |
| What is a phase change? | A phase change is the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| What is endothermic? | Endothermic is a description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| What is heat fusion? | Heat fusion is the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| What is exothermic? | Exothermic is a description of a change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | Vaporization is the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is heat of vaporization? | Heat of vaporization is the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is evaporation? | Evaporation is the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substance's boiling point. |
| What is vapor pressure? | Vapor pressure is the pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container. |
| What is condensation? | Condensation is the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| What is sublimation? | Sublimation is 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? | Deposition is the phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid |