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Phase changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Altitude | Vertical distance, or elevation, above sea level |
| Boil | Change from a liquid to a gas |
| Boiling point | The temperature at which boiling occurs |
| Freeze | Change from a liquid to a solid |
| Freezing point | The temperature at high freezing occurs |
| Gas | A phase in which matter has definite volume but no definite shape |
| 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 expand or to be compressed; molecules in a liquid move randomly but stay close to one another. |
| Melt | Change from a solid to a liquid |
| Melting point | The temperature at which melting occurs |
| Phase | State of matter with certain number of physical properties |
| solid | a phase in which mater has a definite shape and 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 |
| condestenation | change from gas to liquid |
| sublimitation | change from solid to gas |
| evaporation | slow change from gas to liquid |
| desposition | change from gas to solid |
| gas properties | will expand to fill any container; can be compressed; move freely and far apart |