Phase Changes

Front

What is the process of gas changing into a liquid?

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Condensation

Front

What is the term for changing directly from a solid to a gas?

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Sublimation

Front

What do we call the process when particles near the surface of a liquid turn into a gas?

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Evaporation

Front

What is the process called when matter changes from a liquid to a solid?

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Freezing

Front

What is the term for the process of changing from a solid to a liquid?

Back

Melting

Front

What is the term for the change of state from liquid to gas at a temperature below boiling point?

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Evaporation

Front

What is the process called when a gas turns into a solid without becoming a liquid first?

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Deposition

Front

What is the term for the change of state from liquid to gas at boiling point?

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Boiling

Front

What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid?

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Heat of fusion

Front

What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from liquid to gas?

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Heat of vaporization