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Intro to I.S.
brocklesby-pnhs-intro to I.S. vocab
Question | Answer |
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Solid | the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume |
Liquid | the state of matter in which materials have a definite volume but not a definite shape |
gas | a state of matter in which a material does not have a definite shape or a definite volume |
kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to its motion |
phase change | the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another |
endothermic | a system that absorbs energy from its surrondings |
heat of fusion | the amount of heat that is used to make a solid change into a liquid |
exothermic | the system that release energy to its surrondings |
vaporization | the phase in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
heat of vaporization | a substance that must absorb energy in order to change from a liquid to a gas |
evaporation | the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substances boiling point |
vapor pressure | the pressure caused by the collisons of this vapor collects above this liquid |
condensation | the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid |
sublimation | the phase change in which a substance changes form a soloid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first |
deposition | a phase change when a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid |