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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |