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Kaylin States of Matter Flashcards

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What is a liquid?

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A substance where it’s particles are close but still move a little bit.

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What is a solid?

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An object that it’s particles are very close together

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What is a gas?

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When it’s particles are all spread out and have a lot of KE

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What is plasma?

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When something starts as a gas but becomes ionized

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work

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What is thermal energy?

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The KE in a substance

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What is evaporation?

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When a substance changes from a liquid to a gas

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What is sublimation?

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Solids changing straight to a gas

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What is condensation?

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The process that gas changes into a liquid

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What is crystalline solid?

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When particles in an object have a certain arrangement of particles

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What is amorphous solid?

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Objects that have no certain order for their molecules

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What is surface tension?

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The force that is acting on the particles at the surface causing the liquid

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What is kinetic energy?

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Energy that moves or is in motion

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What is heat?

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The change of an objects temperature

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What is endothermic changes?

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Changes that require energy in order to happen

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What is exothermic changes?

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When energy is released as the substance is changing

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What is a fluid?

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A gas or a liquid- a nonsolid that has atoms and molecules that move freely past each other.

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What is a buoyant force?

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Upward force on an object that causes it to float on liquid.

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What is pressure?

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The amount of force applied on an object

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What is Boyle’s Law?

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The volume of an object depends on its pressure

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What is Charles’s Law?

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Volume of a gas increases as temperatures increase.

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What is Gay/Lussac’s Law?

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Pressure of the gas increases as temperature increases.

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