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physical science 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atom | the basic particle from which all element are made the smallest particle of a element that has the property of that element |
| Boil | the change in states that from a liquid to a gas |
| condense | the change in a state a gas to a liquid |
| Evaporate | the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into gas. |
| Freeze | the temperature which a liquid freezes. |
| Gas | a state of matter that has no shape or volume |
| Inert | having little or no ability to react |
| Kinetic Energy | energy that an object due to its motion |
| liquid | a state of matter that has no define shape but has defined volume |
| matter | everything that has mass and takes up space. |
| melt | the temperature at which a subtenants trues into a solid to a liquid |
| molecule | a neutral group of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds |
| practicals | smallest possible unit of matter |
| particle motion | ways in which in atom or ions or molecule move |
| phase | a physical distinctive from a from of matter such as a solid liquid and gas |
| phase change | a change from one state to another without a change in in chemical composition |
| Pressure | the physical force exestendent |
| pure substance | a substance made of only one kind of matter and having definite properties |
| solid | a state of matter that has a defined shape and volume |
| System | a group of parts that work together as a whole |
| Temperature | a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a subtenants |
| thermal energy | the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of a object |
| Vapor | gaseous state of a subtenants that is liquid or a solid at room temperature |
| conduction | the transfer of thermal energy form one object to another. |
| convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid |
| radiation | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |