Matter Unit Vocabulary

the change in state from a gas directly to a solid without passing through the liquid state

• deposition

• sublimation

• melting

• freezing

a state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

a state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

a state of matter with no definite shape or volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• particles

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the process that occurs when vaporization takes place only on the surface of a liquid

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• boiling

the change from the gaseous to the liquid state of matter

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• boiling

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the change from the solid to the liquid state of matter

• boiling

• freezing

• melting

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the process that occurs when vaporization takes place inside a liquid as well as on the surface

• evaporation

• condensation

• melting

• boiling

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the change from the liquid to the solid state of matter

• boiling

• freezing

• sublimation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the change in state from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state

• sublimation

• condensation

• melting

• vaporization

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4