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matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solid | closely packed particles cause matter to have a definite shape and definite volume. |
| liquid | particles are free to move so a liquid has a definite volume but no definite shape. |
| gas | particles are able to move and spread out filling all space available, thus gases has no definite shape or definite volume. |
| pressure | gas particles constantly collide with one another and the walls of their container. Pressure is the outward push divided by the area of the walls |
| temperauture | the higher the temperature the faster particles moving. |
| viscosity | A liquids’s resistance to flowing. |
| melting | When a solid changes to a liquid |
| 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. |
| Surface Tension | An inward force, or pull among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together. |
| 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 |
| Evaporation | takes place only on the surface of the liquid. |
| Boiling | When vaporization occurs both below the and at the surface. |
| Boiling Point | Temperature at which a liquid boils. |
| Condensation | When a gas changes to a liquid. |
| Sublimation | When a substance changes straight from a solid to a gas. |
| 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. |
| Directly proportional | as one amount increases, another amount increases at the same rate. |
| Boyles Law | When the pressure of a gas at a constant temperature is increased the volume is decreases, if the temperature is decreased then the volume is increases. |
| Inversely proportional | When the value of one variable increases, the other decreases. |
| power | The rate at which energy is transferred, or the amount of energy transferred in a unit of time. Power= Energy Transferred/Time |
| kinetic energy | The energy an object has due to its motion. |
| potential energy | The energy an object has because of its position, also the internal stored energy of an object, such as energy stored in chemical bonds. |
| gravitational potential energy | Potential energy related to an object’s height. |
| elastic potential energy | The energy that can be associated with object’s that can be compressed or stretched. |