Phases of Matter
This is the phase of matter with a definite shape and volume
What is solid?
Kinetic energy depends on these two factors
What are mass and velocity?
The process of changing energy from one form to another
What is energy transformation?
The standard unit for measuring speed
What is meters per second (m/s)?
According to Newton's Third Law, for every action, there is this
What is an equal and opposite reaction?
This phase transition involves a substance changing directly from a gas to a solid
What is deposition?
The type of potential energy stored in a stretched rubber band
What is elastic potential energy?
In a microphone, sound energy is transformed into this type of energy
What is electrical energy?
The total distance traveled divided by the total time taken
What is average speed?
The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion
What is inertia?
The phase transition from solid to gas is called this
What is sublimation?
Energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
A battery converts chemical energy into this type of energy
What is electrical energy?
If a train travels 120 miles in 2 hours, what is its average speed?
What is 60 miles per hour?
A car's tires push backward on the road. According to Newton's Third Law, what is the road doing?
What is pushing forward on the tires?
This phase of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape
What is liquid?
Energy that is stored and has the potential to do work
What is potential energy?
A toaster transforms electrical energy into these two forms of energy
What are thermal and radiant energy?
The rate at which velocity changes
What is acceleration?
The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass. This describes which law?
What is Newton's Second Law?
The amount of heat required to change a substance from a solid to a liquid at its melting point is called this
What is heat of fusion?
As a roller coaster car climbs up a hill, this happens to its kinetic and potential energy
What is kinetic energy decreases and potential energy increases?
The type of energy transformation that occurs in a solar panel
What is radiant to electrical?
The measure of how quickly an object is changing position and direction.
What is velocity?
The unit of force in the metric system
What is the Newton?