Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Front

State of matter with definite shape and volume

Back

Solid

Front

State of matter with definite volume but no definite shape

Back

Liquid

Front

State of matter with neither definite shape nor volume

Back

Gas

Front

the energy an object has due to its motion

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

The result of a force distributed over an area

Back

Pressure

Front

A temperature of 0 kelvins

Back

Absolute zero

Front

The direct proportion of the volume of a gas to its temperature if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant.

Back

Charles's law

Front

Inverse variation of the volume of a gas with its pressure (temperature and number of particles constant)

Back

Boyle's law

Front

A reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another.

Back

phase change

Front

A description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings.

Back

endothermic