Ch. 14 Physical Science Vocabulary

The process of a solid changing directly to a gas without forming a liquid.

• evaporation

• boiling

• sublimation

• deposition

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An explanation of how particles in a gas behave.

• Theory of Motion

• Kinetic Theory

• Newton's Third law

• heat of fusion

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The energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point.

• Heat of Fusion

• Heat of vaporization

• melting point

• temperature

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The state of matter where the particles take on the shape of its container and has a definite volume. s

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• plasma

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Can exist as a solid, liquid, gas or plasma.

• matter

• space

• dry ice

• electrons

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The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid.

• heat of fusion

• heat of vaporization

• boiling point

• melting point

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The state of matter that does not have a fixed volume or shape

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• plasma

The state of matter that has a fixed volume and shape

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• plasma

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The temperature at which the pressure of the vapor in the liquid is equal to the external pressure acting on the surface of the liquid.

• Heat of fusion

• heat of vaporization

• boiling point

• freezing point

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The process that occurs at the surface of a liquid and can happen at nearly any temperature.

• Freezing

• melting

• boiling

• evaporation