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S8P1.c
describe the movement of particles in solids,liquids,gases,and plasma states
Term | Definition |
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state of matter | the physical forms of matter which includes solid liquid and gas |
soild | the state of matter in which the volume and shape of substances are fixed |
liquid | the state of matter that has a definite volume not a definite shape |
gas | a form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape |
melting point | tempature at which a solid to a liquid |
vaporization | process in ehich a liquid changes |
boiling point | the condersion of a liquid to a vapor when the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the atomosbheric pressure |
condersation | the change of state from gas to a liquid |
freezing point | temperature at which a liquid changes into a solid |
sublimation | the process in which a solid changes directly into gas |
phase-change diagram | drawing that shows the reltionships among temperature and changes of state |
plasma | a state of matter that forms when temperature when temperature are high enough to completely remove eletrons from the atoms to which they were bomb |