Phase Changes

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What is the process called when gas changes to liquid?

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Condensation

Front

What happens to solids when thermal energy is added?

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They melt and change to a liquid.

Front

What is the term for the change from solid to gas?

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Sublimation

Front

What is the process called when a liquid changes to gas?

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Vaporization

Front

What happens to liquids when their thermal energy decreases?

Back

They freeze and change to a solid.

Front

What is melting?

Back

The process of a solid turning into a liquid when heat is added.

Front

What is freezing?

Back

The process of a liquid turning into a solid when heat is removed.

Front

What is vaporization?

Back

The process of a liquid turning into a gas.

Front

What is condensation?

Back

The process of a gas turning into a liquid.

Front

What is sublimation?

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The process of a solid turning directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first.