Properties of Matter
States of Matter
Phase Changes
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Density Formula
What is m/v?
100
The three states of matter.
What are solids, liquids, and gases?
100
Particles of a liquid have more of this than solids do.
What is kinetic energy?
100
Tiny, moving molecules or atoms that form a substance.
What is a particle?
100
A substance that has a mass of 500 g and a volume of 50 cm^3.
What is 10 g/cm^3?
200
How "compact" something is.
What is density?
200
The state of matter whose molecules are the most compact.
What is a solid?
200
The change in state from a solid to a liquid.
What is melting?
200
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
200
This metal melts in the palm of your hand.
What is gallium?
300
This instrument is used to measure weight.
What is a spring scale?
300
The particles of this state of matter can be invisible.
What is a gas?
300
This process occurs when gases lose enough thermal energy to form a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
The total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance.
What is thermal energy?
300
This is substance is an insulator.
What is plastic?
400
Formula for solving weight/force?
What is F=m/a ?
400
This state of matter takes the shape of a container.
What is a liquid?
400
The force that particles exert on the walls of their container.
What is pressure?
400
This supported idea states when volume decreases, pressure increases.
What is Boyle's Law?
400
The only way plasma naturally exists on Earth.
What is lightning?
500
The process used to measure the volume of irregularly shaped objects.
What is displacement?
500
This describes the concept of particles being in rapid, constant motion at all time.
What is the Kinetic Theory of Matter?
500
An example of a substance that changes from a solid directly into a gas (goes through sublimation)
What is dry ice?
500
The measure of the average kinetic energy of particles.
What is temperature?
500
The way pressure and volume are related.
What is inversely proportional?