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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 shape that occurs when the temperature of particles has decreased energy and a liquid turns into a solid. |
| What is boiling? | A rapid change in state that occurs when throughout a substance changing it from a liquid into a gas. |
| What is melting? | A change in state that occurs when particles speed up and change from a solid into a liquid. |
| 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 gas to a solid state. |
| 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 boiling point? | The specific temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas. |
| What is melting point? | The specific temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid. |