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Term | Definition |
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Altitude | vertical distance, or elevation, above sea level |
boil | change from a liquid to gas |
boiling pointe | the temperature at which boiling acours |
freeze | change from a liquid to a solid |
freezing pointe | the temperature at which freezing acours |
gas | a phase in which matter has no definite shape or volume |
gas properties | will expand to fill any container, can be compressed, molecules far apart |
water vapor | water in the gas phase |
liquid | a phase in which matter has definite volume but no definite shape |
liquid properties | will take the shape of a container but cannot be compressed, molecules in a liquid move randomly but stay close to one another |
melt | change from a solid to a liquid |
melting pointe | the temperature at which melting acours |
phase | a state of matter with certain physical properties |
solid | a phase in which matter has a definite shape and a definite volume |
solid properties | will retain the same shape and volume in any container, atoms are held in a rigid structure and cannot move freely |
ice | water in the solid phase |
thermal energy | energy in the form of heat |
vaporization | rapid change from liquid to gas |
condensation | change from a gas to a liquid |
sublimation | change from solid to gas |
evaporation | slow change from liquid to gas |
deposition | change from gas to solid |