Fusion, or melting, is an endothermic process because energy is ____________
What is absorbed?
An open container of water is brought to a boil and heated until all of the water is converted to water vapor. Describe the changes in the water molecules.
What is molecules speed up and spread apart?
Which substance listed is the best heat conductor and why? Copper, Aluminum, or silver?
What is copper because it has a lower specific heat?
The energy-absorbing process by which a solid becomes a liquid is called
What is melting?
The diagram represents a phase change for some gold atoms. During this time, what happens to the kinetic energy of the atoms?
What is kinetic energy increases?
At what temperature is the freezing point of this substance?
What is -5 degrees Celsius?
These phase changes are endothermic processes.
What are melting, vaporization, and sublimation?
The amount of energy needed to melt ice is the _____________________ as the amount needed to freeze water.
What is the same?
At what temperature is the boiling point of this substance?
What is 100 degrees Celsius?
These phase changes are exothermic processes.
What are freezing, condensation, and deposition.
What term is defined as a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample?
What is temperature?
This is what happens to kinetic energy when liquid water is heated.
What is kinetic energy increases?
Which numbered processes represent vaporization and freezing?
What are 1 & 4?
Draw a particle diagram showing the change from ice to water.
Ice particles should be closely packed together and liquid water particles should be loosely packed with space between particles.