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What is it called when gas turns into liquid?

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Condensation
example; what hot air comes towards your face you start sweating

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What is it called when a liquid turns into a solid?

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solidifying
example; when you freeze water it turns into a solid and when you leave it out in the heat again it changes back into a liquid

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What is it called when solid turns into liquid

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melting
example; metals like bronze and steel when heated to a certain temperature can turn into a liquid

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What is it called when a gas turns into a solid

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Deposition
Example: when water vapor in the atmosphere changes directly into ice, such as the formation of frost.

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What is it called when a solid turns into a gas

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Sublimation
Example: 1: A piece of solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) sublimating from a solid directly into a gas. Sublimation is a type of phase change that takes place when a solid turns directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase.

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