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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| State of Matter | the physical forms of matter, which include solid,liquid,and gas |
| Solid | the state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance are fixed |
| Liquid | a type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water; fats and steriods are lipids |
| Gas | a form of matter that does not have a define volume or shape. |
| Melting Point | a temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid |
| Vaporization | process i which a liquid changes to a gas |
| Boiling Point | temperature at which a liquid vaporates and changes to a gas |
| Condensation | the change from a gas to liquid |
| Freezing Point | temperature at which a liquid changes to solid |
| Sublimation | the process in which a solid changes directly in to gas |
| Phase-change diagram | drawing that shows the relationship among temperature and changes of a state |
| Plasma | a state of matter that forms when teperatures are high enough to complete remove electrons from the atoms to which they where bound. |