Chapter 3 Vocabulary

the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• Kinetic energy

the state of matter in which materials have a definite volume but not a definite shape

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• Kinetic energy

the state of matter in which materials has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• Kinetic energy

the energy an object has due to its motion

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• Kinetic energy

the result of a force distributed over an area

• Pressure
• Absolute zero
• Charles's law
• Boyle's law

a temperature of 0 kelvins

• Pressure
• Absolute zero
• Charles's law
• Boyle's law

the direct proportion of the volume of a gas to its temperature if the pressure and the number of particles of the gas are constant.

• Pressure
• Absolute zero
• Charles's law
• Boyle's law

the inverse variation of the volume of a gas with its pressure if the temperature and the number of particles are constant

• Pressure
• Absolute zero
• Charles's law
• Boyle's law

a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another

• phase change
• endothermic
• heat of fusion
• exothermic
• vaporization

a description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings

• endothermic
• phase change
• heat of fusion
• exothermic
• vaporization