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Gas pressure definition

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Pressure is force per unit area. The gas pressure is due to the force the gas particles exert on the walls of the container.

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Sublimation definition

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Change in state from a solid to a gas or a gas to a solid (missing out liquid phase).

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Internal energy definition

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The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles that make up the system.

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Specific heat capacity definition

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The amount of energy needed to increase the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1 degree celsius.

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Condensing definition

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Change in state from a gas to a liquid

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Evaporating definition

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Change in state from a liquid to a gas

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Freezing definition

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Change in state from a liquid to a solid

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Melting definition

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Change in state from a solid to a liquid

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Specific latent heat definition

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The energy needed to change the state of 1kg of a substance with no change in temperature

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_____ = Mass/Volume

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Density = Mass/Volume

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Density = _____/Volume

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Density = Mass/Volume

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Density = Mass/_____

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Density = Mass/Volume

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_=m/v

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p=m/v

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p=_/v

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p=m/v

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p=m/_

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p=m/v

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What is density measured in?

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kg/m**3

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What is mass measured in?

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kg

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What is volume measured in?

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m**3

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What do you need to find to calculate the density of an object?

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the mass and the volume of the object

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What equipment should you use to find the mass of an object?

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A top pan balance

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What equipment should you use to find the volume of a regular solid?

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A ruler or Vernier callipers

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What equipment should you use to find the volume of an irregular solid?

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A displacement can

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True or False: Mass is conserved when a change of state occurs.

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True

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True or False: Changes of state are chemical changes which cannot be reversed.

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False - Changes of state are physical changes which can be reversed.

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_____ = Mass * Specific heat capacity * Temperature change

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Energy = Mass * Specific heat capacity * Temperature change (Year 9 Spring 1 - Section E)

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