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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solid | a state of matter that has a define shape and a definite volume |
| crystalline solid | A solid made up of crystals is which particles are arranged in a regular repeating pattern |
| amorphous solid | a solid made up of particles that are not arranged in a regular pattern |
| liquid | a state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite voleume |
| fluid | any substance that can flow |
| surface tension | the result of an inward pill among the molecules of a liquid that brings thee molecules on the surface closer together |
| viscosity | a liquids resistance to flowing |
| gas | a state of matter whith no definite shape of volume |
| melting | the change in state from a solid to a liquid |
| melting point | the temp at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
| freezing | the change in state from a liquid to a solid |
| vaporization | the change of state form liquid to a gas |
| evaporation | the process by which molequles at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas |
| boiling | vaporization that occurs at and below the surface of a liquid |
| boiling point | the temp at which a liquid boils |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| sublimination | the change in state form a solid directly to a liquid to a gas without passing through the liquid state |
| charle's law | a principle that describes the relationship between the temp of a gas at constant pressure |
| directly proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose graph is a straight line passing through the point |
| Boyle's law | a principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and the voleume of a gas at cons temp |
| inversely proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variableswhose product is constant |
| pressure | the force pushing on a surface devided by the area of that surface |