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Matter vocabulary
| 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 evaporation? | A change in state that occurs as particles from the surface of a liquid change to a 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 and state directly from a gas to a solid state |
| What is the boiling point? | That specific temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas |
| What is the melting point? | The specific temperature at which a solid changes to liquid |
| What is boiling? | A rapid change in state that curse throughout a substance changing it from a liquid to a gas |
| What is melting? | A change in state that occurs in particle speed up and change from a liquid to a solid |
| 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 a gas? | A substance that has neither a definite shape nor volume |