Solids
Liquids
Gases
States of Matter
MISC
100
This has a definite shape and a definite volume.
What is a solid
100
This has a definite volume but no shape of its own.
What is a liquid?
100
Can changed volume very easily
What is a gas?
100
When a solid changes to a liquid
What is melting?
100
A shrinking puddle is an example of this.
What is evaporation?
200
Causes a solid to have a definite shape and volume.
What are closely packed particles?
200
Causes a liquid to have no definite shape, but definite volume
What are freely moving particles?
200
Causes a gas to have neither a definite shape nor definite volume
What are particles that are spread apart?
200
When a liquid changes to a solid
What is freezing?
200
These are the 2 main types of vaporization
What are evaporation and boiling?
300
Solids that are made up of crystals
What are crystalline solids?
300
Another word for liquid. Meaning "a substance that flows"
What is a fluid?
300
The equation for pressure
What is Force/Area?
300
When a liquid changes to a gas
What is vaporization?
300
A high concentration of gas particles
What is high pressure?
400
Name 3 examples of crystalline solids
What are salt, sugar, and snow?
400
The result of an inward pull among molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together.
What is surface tension?
400
These 3 things are important when working with a gas
What are volume, temperature, and pressure?
400
The opposite of vaporization
What is condensation?
400
a low concentration of gas particles
What is low pressure?
500
Particles that are not arranged in a regular pattern
What are amorphous solids?
500
a liquid resistance to flowing
What is viscosity?
500
The relationship between pressure and volume of gas
What is Boyle's Law?
500
occurs when the surface particles of a solid gain enough energy that they form a gas
What is sublimation?
500
a law that states that when the temp of a gas is increased at constant pressure, its volume increases and vice versa.
What is Charles's Law?
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