Matter & Thermal Energy

What is matter?

• Matter is a type of energy
• Matter is invisible and intangible
• Matter is only found in outer space
• Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space

• The makeup of anything you can touch or feel

What are the three states of matter?

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What is the transition from a liquid to a gas?

Answer explanation

Vaporization is the transition from the whole liquid to gas; whereas evaporation is the vaporization of just the surface of the liquid, however, both answers can be correct. If you typed boiling as your answer, that is also the most primary example of evaporation / vaporization. Just keep that in mind :)

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What is the transition from a gas to a liquid?

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What is the transition from a liquid to a solid?

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What is the transition from a solid to a liquid?

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What is the transition from a solid to a gas?

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Temperature is:

• A measure of the amount of matter in a substance
• A measure of the distance between particles in a substance
• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a object

• A measure of the force exerted by particles in a substance

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The faster the particles are moving in an object, the more _______ ______ it has.

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Energy is:

• The ability to do work or cause change

• The color of the sky
• The taste of chocolate
• The sound of a bell