science jey term quiz Flashcards
crystalline solid
Solids made of crystals that have a well-defined shape and a well defined melting point
Amorphous Solid
Solids that arent arranged in a regular pattern, that dont have a well-defined shape or a well defined melting point
pressure
force exerted by gas particles colliding with the wall of their container, p=f/a
surface tension
result of an inward pull among molecules of a liquid that bring the surface molecules closer together
viscosity
a liquid’s resistance to flowing
boyle’s law
pressure volume reverse boyle
charles’s law
temp volume reverse charles
directly proportional
A term used to describe a function who’s graph is a straight line corssing the origin 0,0
vary inversely
A term used to describe a function who’s graph is a curved line where as x increases y decreases and vice versa
melting point
the temperature a solid/liquid changes state into the other
melting
a solid turning into liquid
freezing
a liquid turning into solid
boiling
vaporization at the bottom of a liquid
boiling point
the temperature a liquid boils
condensation
A gas turning into a liquid