What is Matter
States of Matter
Particle Behavior
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Phase Changes
100

This is defined as anything that has mass and takes up space.

What is "matter"

100

 This state of matter has both a definite, fixed shape and a definite volume.

What is a solid?

100
  • Particles in matter are never completely still; they are always doing this.

What is moving

100

 Adding heat energy causes particles to move this way.

what is "faster"

100

This phase change happens when a solid is heated and becomes a liquid.

what is melting

200

This term describes the amount of space an object or substance takes up.

What is "volume"

200

This state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of whatever container it is poured into.

What is a liquid

200

In this state of matter, particles are tightly packed together and can only vibrate in place.

What is a solid?

200

When a liquid is cooled down and loses energy, its particles slow down and lock into a fixed position during this process.

what is "freezing"

200

This phase change occurs when liquid water cools and becomes solid ice.

What is freezing

300

This is the measurement of how much material or "stuff" makes up an object.

What is mass

300

This state of matter has no definite shape and no definite volume, expanding to completely fill its container.

What is a gas?

300

 In this state of matter, particles are close together but have enough energy to slide and roll past one another.

What is a liquid?

300

This is the process where a liquid turns into a gas at its surface, even before it reaches its boiling point.

what is evaporation

300

When water is heated enough to become water vapour, this phase change occurs.

What is evaporation

400

According to the Particle Theory, all matter is made up of these incredibly tiny, unseen building blocks.

 What are particles

400

Because there is so much empty space between their particles, this is the most easily compressed state of matter.

What is a gas?

400

When a material cools, its particles move closer together and the material takes up less space.

what is to contract /contraction

400

 This happens to the overall size of a solid or liquid when it is heated because its particles move faster and push slightly further apart.

what is expansion

400

You see water droplets form on the outside of a cold glass. This phase change is happening as water vapour turns into liquid water.

what is condensation

500
  • Unlike mass, which stays the same anywhere in the universe, this property changes depending on the pull of gravity.

What is "weight"

500

This specific substance is unique on Earth because it easily exists naturally as a solid, a liquid, and a gas.

What is water

500

When building a deck in a cold climate, the footings are placed below this depth in the soil to prevent the ground from pushing the deck upward.

what is "frost line"

500

This rare phase change happens when a solid turns directly into a gas without melting into a liquid first, such as dry ice

what is sublimation

500

Dry ice changes directly from a solid into a gas without becoming a liquid first. What is this phase change called?

what is sublimation