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Intro to I.S
routhier-pnhs-intro to I.S vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a solid? | A solid is the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume. |
| What is a liquid? | A liquid is the state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is a gas? | A gas is the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume. |
| What is kinetic energy? | It is the energy an object has due to its motion. |
| What is phase change? | It is the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| What is endothermic? | During an endothermic change, the system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | Heat of fusion is the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| What is exothermic? | During an exothermic change, the system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a solid. |
| What is heat of vaporization? | It is the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| What is evaporation? | It 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? | The pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container. |
| What is condensation? | It is the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to liquid. |
| What is sublimation? | It 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? | The phase change, when a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid. |