Properties of Matter Flashcards
What is a gas?
A substance that is natural in the gaseous state at room temperature
What is a vapor?
A gaseous state of a substance that is a solid or liquid at room temperature
What are the properties of a solid?
- Rigid
- Fixed shape
- Fixed volume
What are the properties of a liquid?
- Not rigid
- No fixed shape
- Fixed volume
What are the properties of a gas?
- Not rigid
- No fixed shape
- No fixed volume
What is a physical property of matter?
A characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the sample’s composition
What are extensive properties?
Dependent on the amount of substance present
What are intensive properties?
Independent on the amount of substance present
What is a chemical property of matter?
Ability or inability of a substance to combine with or change into one or more other substances
What are physical changes?
Alters a substance without changing its composition
What are phase changes?
Changes from one state of matter to another
What is a phase change from gas to solid?
Deposition
What is a phase change from solid to gas?
Sublimation
What is a phase change from gas to liquid?
Condensation
What is a phase change from liquid to gas?
Vaporization
