Phase/State Changes
Vocabulary
Solids, Liquids & Gases
Thermal Energy Transfer
Miscellaneous
100
A phase change from solid to liquid
melting
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space
matter
100
definite shape, definite volume
solid
100
Thermal Energy added through direct contact.

Conduction

100
The temperature at which water freezes and ice melts
0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit)
200
A phase change from liquid to solid
freezing
200
A liquid's resistance to flow
viscosity
200
indefinite shape, definite volume
liquid
200

Energy added with fluids(liquid or gas) where the less dense warmer particles rise and the colder more dense particles sink. 

Convection

200
The temperature at which water boils and water vapor condenses
100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit)
300
A phase change from gas to liquid
condensation
300
A measure of how fast the particles in a substance are moving
temperature
300
indefinite shape, indefinite volume
gas
300

Thermal energy added through EM waves

Radiation

300
A law that states that as the temperature of a gas increases, its volume increases and as the temperature of a has decreases, its volume decreases.
Charles' Law
400
A phase change from solid to gas, skipping over the liquid phase
sublimation
400
A measure of the number of times the particles of a gas hit the inside of their container
pressure
400
A state of matter in which the particles vibrate in place
solid
400

The sun heats up a pool and you feel the warm surface but it feels colder down below. You then get out of the pool and use your body heat to snuggle to warm a newborn baby.   

Name the heat transfers taking place in order. 

Radiation

Convection

Conduction

400
A law that states that as the volume of a gas increases, its pressure decreases and as the volume of a gas decreases, its pressure increases
Boyle's Law
500
A phase change from gas to solid, skipping over the liquid phase
deposition
500
______ takes place at the surface of a liquid and ______ takes place throughout the entire liquid
evaporation (surface), boiling (throughout)
500
Two types of solids
crystalline and amorphous
500

What type of heat transfer does not need matter(particles such solid, liquid or gas) to move its heat. 

Radiation

500
A super heated gas mainly found in the sun and other stars in the universe
plasma
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