Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
water vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Surface tension | is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. |
| Solvent | is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, |
| Specific heat | the specific heat capacity (symbol c) of a substance is the amount of heat that must be added to one unit of mass of the substance |
| Evaporation | is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. |
| Condensation | reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which two molecules are combined to form a single molecule, usually with the loss of a small molecule |
| Freezing | his article is about the phase transition. For the process of temperature lowering, see Cooling. Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid ... |
| Melting | or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy |
| Boiling | or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. |
| Capillary action | (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow |
| Universal solvent | a liquid that dissolves a wide variety of substances |
Created by:
user-1982218