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States of Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vapor | the particles in a gas |
| boil | liquid bubbling into a gas |
| condense | water vapor turns into a liquid |
| freeze | liquid turns into a sold |
| evaporate | liquid turns into a gas |
| melt | solid turns to liquid |
| gas | a substance that moves freely |
| solid | a material that has a shape |
| liquid | a substance that flows, and takes the shape of its container |
| atom | the smallest unit of matter |
| vibrate | to move back and forth rapidly |
| pressure | a force pushing on a surface |
| matter | anything made of molecules |
| heat | a form of energy, molecules in motion |
| thermal energy | energy created by moving molecules of heat |
| temperature | the measurement of how quickly molecules move |
| kinetic energy | the energy from motion |