Changes of State Flashcards
What is boiling?
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapour.
What is condensation?
The process by which a gas or vapour changes to a liquid due to cooling or increased pressure.
What is deposition?
The process whereby a gas or vapour changes directly to a solid
What is evaporation?
The process whereby a liquid changes to a gas or vapour at any temperature below boiling point.
What is freezing?
The process whereby a liquid changes to a solid by the removal of heat.
What is melting?
The process whereby a solid changes to a liquid due to the addition of heat.
What does reversible mean?
able to be made to go in the opposite direction, back to the way it was
What is sublimation?
The process whereby a solid changes directly to a gas (without ever becoming a liquid).
