Solids, Liquids and Gases

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What happens to a substance when it is melting?

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It is changing from a solid to a liquid, gaining thermal energy from its surroundings, and the particles are breaking bonds.

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How are the particles arranged in amorphous solids like plastics?

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In no regular pattern.

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What does Boyle's law explain?

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The relationship between pressure and volume.

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What happens to the temperature when molecules move slower?

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The temperature decreases.

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What is the boiling point of a substance if its heating curve shows 60 C?

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60 C.

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What is the state of matter with a definite shape and volume?

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Solid.

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What is the state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container?

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Liquid.

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What is the state of matter that has no definite shape or volume?

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Gas.

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What is the process called when a solid turns directly into a gas?

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Sublimation.

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What is the process called when a gas turns into a liquid?

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Condensation.