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Intro to I.S.
brocklesby-pnhs-intro to I.S. vocab
| 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 materials have a definite volume but not a definite shape |
| gas | a state of matter in which a material does not have a definite shape or a definite volume |
| kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to its motion |
| phase change | the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another |
| endothermic | a system that absorbs energy from its surrondings |
| heat of fusion | the amount of heat that is used to make a solid change into a liquid |
| exothermic | the system that release energy to its surrondings |
| vaporization | the phase in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
| heat of vaporization | a substance that must absorb energy in order 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 substances boiling point |
| vapor pressure | the pressure caused by the collisons of this vapor collects above this liquid |
| condensation | the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid |
| sublimation | the phase change in which a substance changes form a soloid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first |
| deposition | a phase change when a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid |