States of Matter Vocabulary

Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

Matter with a fixed volume and shape.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

A state of matter with a defined volume but no defined shape.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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A state of matter without any defined volume or shape.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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A particular form that matter can take. There are three main states.

• Solid

• Melt

• Change of State

• State of Matter

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The process of changing (by heating or cooling) one form of matter into another form of matter with different characteristics.

• State of Matter

• Change of State

• Boil

• Matter

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To change a substance from liquid to solid by lowering its temperature.

• Melt

• Freeze

• Boil

• Condensation

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To change a substance from solid to liquid.

• Freeze

• Boil

• Melt

• Evaporate

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To change state from a liquid to a gas because of added heat (fast).

• Melt

• Condensation

• Freeze

• Boil

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The process by which matter changes from a liquid to a gas (slow).

• Evaporation

• Freeze

• Boil

• Condensation

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