Key Terms and Key Phrases
An explanation of how particles in matter behave.
What is: Kinetic Molecular Theory
Define Pressure
The amount of force applied per unit of area.
Name the three most common forms of matter.
What are: Solid, liquid, gas
The change in the state of a liquid into a gas.
What is: Vaporization
What is: The change of a state from a gas to a liquid
Name the two types of Vaporization.
What are: Evaporation and Boiling
States that the pressure of a gas increases if the volume decreases and that the pressure of a gas decreases if the volume increases.
What is: Boyle's Law
Define Charles Law
What is: States that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature.
Name the two main factors that determine the state of matter.
What are: Particle motion and particle forces
The change in state from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid.
What is: Sublimation
Define Deposition
What is: The change of state from a gas to a solid without becoming a liquid.
Name the three ways that one can describe a state of matter.
What are: Mass, density, and volume
Name the difference between a solid, a liquid, and a gas.
Solid: Definite volume and shape
Liquid: Definite volume, Indefinite shape
Gas: Indefinite Volume, Indefinite Shape
What is: The uneven forces acting on the particles on the surface of a liquid.
Explain the basics of kinetic molecular theory.
What are:
-Small particles make up all matter.
-Particles are in a constant, random motion.
-Particles collide with other particles, objects, and walls of their container.
-When particles collide, no energy is lost.