States of Matter Flashcards
Condensation is the change of state from a gas to a liquid.
condensation
the change of state from a gas directly into a solid.
deposition
the change of state from a liquid to a solid.
freezing/ solidification
The state of matter in which the object has neither definite shape nor a definite volume is ____.
gas
The state of matter in which a substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape is called ___.
liquid
the change of state from a solid to a liquid.
melting
The intermediate state of matter in which the matter is neither liquid nor solid or gaseous but much like a gas in that it does not have definite shape or volume is called ___.
plasma
the state of matter in which the object has both definite shape and definite volume.
solid
the change of state from a solid directly into a gas.
sublimation
the change of state from a liquid to a gas.
vaporisation