Matter Vocabulary

What is the form of energy that makes things feel warm or hot?

• Light

• Sound

• Heat

• Electricity

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What is thermal energy?

• Energy from the movement of tiny particles in a substance

• Energy from the sun

• Energy from chemical reactions

• Energy from electrical currents

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What is specific heat?

• The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a substance.

• The amount of heat needed to melt a substance.

• The amount of heat needed to freeze a substance.

• The amount of heat needed to evaporate a substance.

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What is the term for when something moves back and forth very quickly?

• Rotation

• Vibration

• Translation

• Oscillation

What is a phase change?

• When a substance changes from one state of matter to another.

• When a substance changes color.

• When a substance changes temperature.

• When a substance changes shape.

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What is evaporation?

• When a gas turns into a liquid

• When a liquid turns into a gas

• When a solid turns into a liquid

• When a gas turns into a solid

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What is condensation?

• When a liquid turns into a gas

• When a gas turns into a liquid

• When a solid turns into a gas

• When a liquid turns into a solid

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What is the boiling point?

• Temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas.

• Temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid.

• Temperature at which a gas turns into a liquid.

• Temperature at which a solid turns into a gas.

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What is the melting point?

• The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas.

• The temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid.

• The temperature at which a gas turns into a solid.

• The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.

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What happens to matter when it gets colder?

• It expands

• It contracts

• It changes color

• It evaporates

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