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Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | everything around us |
| solid | 1 shape and 1 volume |
| liquid | no shape and 1 volume |
| gas | particles are able to move and spread out filling all space available, thus gases have no definite shape or definite volume, gas particles constantly collide with one another and the walls of their container. |
| atoms | makes up everything |
| Melting: | When a solid changes to a liquid |
| Melting point: | the temperature at which a substance melts |
| Freezing: | When a liquid changes to a solid |
| Freezing point: | the temperature when a substance freezes. |
| Vaporization: | When a liquid changes to a gas |
| Condensation: | When a gas changes to a liquid. |
| Sublimation: | When a substance changes straight from a solid to a gas. |
| Surface Tension: | An inward force, or pull among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together. |
| Viscosity: | A liquid's resistance to flowing. Example: Honey has a high viscosity. |
| Pressure: | Pressure is the outward push divided by the area of the walls of the container. Pressure= Force/Area. |
| Temperature: | the higher the temperature the faster particles move. |
| Charles’s Law: | When the temperature of a gas at a constant pressure is increased the volume is increased, if the temperature is decreased then the volume is decreased. |
| Boyle's Law: | When the pressure of a gas at a constant temperature is increased the volume decreases, if the temperature is decreased then the volume is increased. |
| Crystalline solids: | particles form a regular repeating pattern called crystals. Example: salt, sugar, and snow. |
| Amorphous solids: | particles not arranged in a repeating pattern. Example: Glass, plastic, and rubber. |
| Inversely proportional: | When the value of one variable increases, the other decreases. |
| Directly proportional: | as one amount increases, another amount increases at the same rate |