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8th Grade Physics and Chemistry > Chapter 3: Solids, Liquids, and Gasses > Flashcards

Chapter 3: Solids, Liquids, and Gasses Flashcards

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Has a define shape and a define volume.

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Solid

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Solids that are made up of crystals.

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Crystalline Solids

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The particles are not arranged in a regular pattern.

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Amorphous Solids

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Definite volume but no shape of its own.

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Liquid

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Another term for liquid, meaning “a substance that flows”.

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Fluid

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Results of an inward pull among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together.

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Surface Tension

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Liquid’s resistance to flowing.

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Viscosity

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A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.

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Gas

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The change in state from a solid to a liquid.

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Melting

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Melting that occurs at a specific temperature.

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Melting Point

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Change of state from liquid to solid.

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Freezing

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Change from a liquid to a gas.

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Vaporization

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Vaporization that takes place only on the surface of a liquid.

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Evaporation

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Occurs when a liquid changes to a gas below and on the surface (another kind of vaporization)

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Boiling

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The temperature at which a liquid boils.

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Boiling Point

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The change from the gaseous to the liquid state of matter (opposite of vaporization)

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Condensation

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The change in state from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state.

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Sublimation

18
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Force of its outward push divided by the area of the walls of the container.

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Pressure

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Relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas.

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Boyle’s Law

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A principle that describes the relationship between the temperature and volume of a gas at constant pressure.

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Charles’s Law

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A diagram that tells how 2 variables are related.

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Graph

22
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The (0,0) point on a line graph.

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Origin

23
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A graph of two variables is a straight line passing through the origin.

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Directly Proportional

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When a graph of two variables forms this kind of curve.

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Vary Inversely

8th Grade Physics and Chemistry (3 decks)

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