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States of matter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a solid? | A substance with a definite shape and volume |
| What is a liquid? | A substance that has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
| What is a gas? | A substance that has neither a definite shape nor volume |
| What is freezing? | A change in state that occurs when the temperature of particles has decreased Energy and a liquid turns into a solid |
| What is melting? | A change in state that occurs when particles speed up and change from a solid to liquid. |
| What is boiling? | A rapid change in state that occurs throughout a substance changing it from a liquid to a gas |
| What is evaporation? | A change in state that occurs as particles from the surface of a liquid change to gas. |
| What is sublimation? | A change in state directly from a solid to a gas |
| What is condensation? | The reverse of evaporation when a substance changes from a gas to a liquid state. |
| What is deposition ? | The change in state directly from a gas to a solid state. |
| What is a Boiling point? | The specific temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas |
| What is a melting point? | The specific temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid. |