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bisscience week 5
Physical Changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physical properties | The characteristics of an object or substance that can be observed or measured. |
| physical changes | changes to one or more ofsubstance's physical properties that does not result in the the formation of a new substance. |
| melting | the way a solid changes to a liquid |
| freezing | the way a liquid changes to a solid |
| boiling | the way a liquid changes to a gas |
| evaporation | the way a non boiling liquid changes to a gas |
| condensation | the way a gas changes to a liquid |
| freezing point | the temperature at which a liquid freezes and changes to a soild |
| melting point | the temperature at which a solid melts and changes to a liquid |
| boiling point | the temperature at which a liquid boils and changes to a gas |
| mixture | a combination of two or more substances taht have not combined chemically and that can be separated by physical means |
| solution | a special type of mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another. The molecules of the two substances mix. |
| Solubility | The ability to dissolve |
| alloy | solutions of two or more solids |
| distillation | the process of separing liquids by using evaporation and condensation. |