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Chapter 3
Phyiscal Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a solid? | the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume |
| what is a liquid? | the state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
| what is a gas? | the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume |
| what is kinetic energy? | the energy an object has due to its motion |
| what is a phase change? | a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes 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 fusion? | the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas |
| what is exothermic? | a description of a change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings |
| what is vaporization? | the phase change in which a substance changes from liquid to gas |
| what is heat of vaporization? | the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to liquid |
| what is evaporation? | the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substances boiling point |
| what is vapor pressure? | the pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container |
| what is condensation? | the phase change in which a substance changes from gas or water vapor to a liquid |
| what is sublimation? | the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to gas or vapor without changing the 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 |