physical and chemical changes Flashcards
Physical property
Characteristics of a substance that like color, shapes, texture, mass, volume, and density.
Phase
All solids share two characteristics, definite shape and a definite volume.
Crystal
Solids arranged in a regulating, repeating pattern.
Gas
Gases do not have a definite shape or volume.
Plasma
Plasma is a phase that has extremely high energy which is dangerous. It is rare on earth but not in space.
Liquid
Liquids have no definite shape but has a definite volume.
Melting
The change of a solid into a liquid.
Melting Point
The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid.
Freezing
A phase change of a liquid to a solid.
Freezing point
The freezing point of a substance is the same as the melting point.
Vaporization
The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
Vaporization happening at the surface of a liquid.
Boiling
The process in which particles inside as well on the surface of a liquid change to a gas
Boiling point
The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid phase to the gas phase
Condensation
When a substance in the gas phase looses heat energy and changes into a liquid.