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Malaguti-pnhs-intro to I.S. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a solid? | It is the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and definite volume. |
| What is a liquid? | It is the state of a matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| What is a gas? | It 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 it motion. |
| What is a phase change? | It is the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| What is an endothermic change? | The system absorbs energy form its surroundings. |
| What is heat of fusion? | It is the amount of energy of water when it melts. |
| What is exothermic change? | The system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaporization? | It is the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| What is the heat of vaporization? | The amount of energy of water when it vaporizes. |
| 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 their container. |
| What is condensation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a 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? | When a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid. |