States of Matter
What is a solid?
A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume
Liquid is also called what?
Fluid Pg 293 in your book
What is the defintion of a liquid
liquid has a definate volume, but no shape of its own
The higher the pressure is due to the greater concentration of ......
gas particles
What is the freezing point of water?
0 C
Is the particles in a SOLID packed lose or tight
Tight
What is surface tension?
Its a inward force, or pull among molecules in a liquid, that brings molecules closer together
Liquid has no definate shape, but it does have a definate.......
Volume
Does particles in in liquid have more or less thermal energy
more
The change in state from liquid to solid is called what?
Freezing
Does a solid have a definite shape?
Yes
Solids that are made up of crystals are called what?
Crystalline Solids
What is the formula for pressure
Pressure =force\area
I change from a solid to a liquid what am I called?
melting
The change in state from liquid to gas is called what?
Vaporization
Give me an EXAMPLE of a Solid going to liquid
Ice melting
Name a example of a crystalline solids
Sugar, salt and snow are all example of all crystalline solids
What is another name for liquid
Fluid
In pure crystalline solids, melting occurs at a specific temperature called???
melting point
When vaporization takes place on the surface of a liquid its called what
evaporation
Does liquid have a definite shape or definite volume?
Definite volume
In amorphous solids are the particles arranged in a regular pattern?
No
The change in state from solid to liquid is called what?
Melting point
At solid's melting point its particles vibrate so fast they break free true or false????
True
When vaporization takes place both below and at the surface of a liquid its called what?
Boiling