Chapter 9 - Water as a unique chemical

Question 1

Boiling point

Answer 1

temperature at which a liquid transitions into a gas

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

phase change from gas to liquid

Question 3

Evaporation

Answer 3

alternative term for vaporisation

Question 4

Group 16 hydride

Answer 4

group 16 element covalently bonded to hydrogen

Question 5

Heat capacity

Answer 5

relationship between the heat absorbed by a substance and its temperature change

Question 6

Latent heat of vaporisation 

Answer 6

amount of energy required to convert 1 mol of a substance from its liquid state to its gaseous state at the boiling point of the substance

Question 7

Phase change 

Answer 7

transition of a substance from one state to another

Question 8

Potable 

Answer 8

alternative term for drinkable

Question 9

Solar energy 

Answer 9

energy produced by the sun

Question 10

Specific heat capacity

Answer 10

energy (J) required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a given substance by 1 °C

Question 11

Vaporisation 

Answer 11

phase change from liquid to gas