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phase changes
vocabulary: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. At sea level, the boiling point of water is 100 degree C (212 F) Water boils at lower temperatures at higher altitude because air pressure is lower there. |
| Freeze | change from a liquid to a solid |
| Freezing point | the temperature at which freezing occurs. At sea level, the freezing point of water is 0 degrees C (32 F) |
| Gas | gas a phase in which matter has no definite shape or volume |
| Gas Properties | will expand to fill any container ; can be compressed; molecules relatively far apart and move freely. |
| 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 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. At sea level, the melting point of ice is 0 degrees C (32 F) |
| Phase | a state of matter with certain physical properties. Solid, liquid and gas phases occur naturally on Earth. Plasma is a phase found in stars. |
| 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 gas to liquid |
| Sublimation | change from solid to gas |
| Evaporation | slow change from liquid to gas |
| Deposition | change from gas to solid |