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Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solids | closely packed particles cause matter to have a definite shape and definite volume. |
| Crystalline solids | particles form a regular repeating pattern called crystals. Example: salt, sugar, and snow. |
| Amorphous solids | Liquid: particles are free to move so a liquid has a definite volume but no definite shape. |
| Surface Tension | An inward force, or pull among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together. |
| Gas | Gas: particles are able to move and spread out filling all space available, gases have no definite shape or definite volume. |
| pressure | 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 of the container. Pressure= Force/Area. |
| temperature | Temperature: the higher the temperature the faster particles move. |
| 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 |
| 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. Example: Dry Ice |
| 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. |
| Viscosity: | A liquid's resistance to flowing EXAMPLE Honey has a high viscosity |
| Liquid | particles are free to move so a liquid has a definite volume but no definite shape. |