Phase Change Vocabulary #1

No Definite Shape and No Definite Volume

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Definite shape and a definite volume.

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid

No definite shape, but has a definite volume

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid

Phase change from a solid to a liquid.

• melting
• sublimation
• boiling
• condensation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Phase change from a liquid to a gas that only happens at the surface.

• evaporation
• boiling
• sublimation
• melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Phase change from a gas to a liquid.

• condensation
• evaporation
• melting
• deposition

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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The opposite phase of melting is 

• freezing 
• sublimation
• condensation 
• deposition 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Which state of matter has molecules that slide past each other but stay close together? They do not form a regular pattern.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

The phase change from water vapor to liquid water is known as...

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do we call the way molecules in a substance move around each other?

• Freedom of Movement
• molecular motion
• dancing
• dangerous

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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