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Vocab_3.3_NQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is physical change? | A physical change is the 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 of fusion? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| What is exothermic? | A description of a change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| What is vaproization? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liguid to a gas. |
| What is heat of vaporization? | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| 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 the container. |
| What is condensation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| What is sublimation? | The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| What is depostion? | The phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid; the placement of sediment that has been transported from another location. |