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States of Matter
Seslar pnhs into to I.S.vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solid | a state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume |
| liquid | the state of matter in which a material has definite volume, but not a definate shape. |
| gases | the state of matter in which it has neither a definite shape nor volume. |
| kinetic energy | energy an object has due to its motion |
| pressure | the result of a force distributed over an area |
| absolute zero | a temp. of 0k |
| charle's law | states that a volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant. |
| boyle's law | states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure if the temperature and the number of particles are constant. |
| phase change | reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| endothermic | the system absorbs energy from its surroundings |
| heat of fusion | the amount of energy absorbed |
| exothermic | the system releases energy to its surroundings |
| vaporization | the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas |
| heat of vaporization | the amount of energy a substance must absorb 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 substance's boiling point |
| vapor pressure | the pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container |
| condensation | phase change in which a substance changes from 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 first |
| deposition | when a gas or vapor changes directly to a solid without first changing to a liquid |