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Chapter 3 vocab
Vocab from chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solid | The state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume. |
| Liquid | The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| Gas | The state of matter in which a material has neither a definite volume of definite shape. |
| Kinetic Energy | The energy an object has due to it's motion. |
| Pressure | The result of a force distributed over an area. |
| Absolute Zero | A temperature of 0K |
| Charles's Law | The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature if the pressure and number of particles remains the same. |
| Boyle's Law | The volume of gas is inversely proportional to its pressure if the temperature and number of particles remains the same. |
| Phase Change | The reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another. |
| Endothermic | A change that occurs when the system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| Heat of Fusion | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid. |
| Exothermic | A description of a change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings. |
| Vaporization | The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas. |
| Heat of Vaporization | The energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas. |
| Evaporation | The process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substance's boiling point. |
| Vapor Pressure | The pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container. |
| Condensation | The phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| Sublimation | The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| Deposition | The phase change in which a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid. |