States of matter Flashcards
What’s Kinetic theory?
All matter consists of tiny particles that are in constant motion.
What’s Kinetic energy?
An energy object contains because of it’s motion.
Three assumptions of the kinetic theory as it applies to gases?
Particles in gas considered to be small, hard spheres with insignificant volume.
Motion of the particles are rapid, constant, and random.
All collisions between particles in gas are elastic.
What’s Gas pressure?
Results from the force exerted by a gas per unit surface area of an object.
How does kinetic theory explain gas pressure?
Result of billions of rapidly moving particles in a gas simultaneously colliding with an object.
What’s Vacuum?
Empty space with no particle one no pressure.
What’s Atmospheric pressure?
Collisions of atoms and molecules in air with object.
It decreases as the elevation increases.
What’s Barometer?
Device used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What’s Pascal?
Represents small amount of pressure.
Relationship between the temperature in kelvin and the averaged kinetic energy of particle?
Kelvin temp of a substance is directly proportional to the average kinetic energy or the particles of the substance.
What factors determine the physical properties of a liquid?
The interplay between the disruptive motions of particles Ina liquid and the attractions among the particles determines the physical properties of a liquid.
What’s Vaporization?
Conversion of a liquid to gas or vapor.
What’s Evaporation?
When this conversion occurs at the surface of a liquid that is not boiling.
What’s the relationship between evaporation and kinetic energy?
During evaporation only those molecules with certain minimum kinetic energy can escape from the surface of a liquid.
What’s Vapor pressure?
Measure of the force exerted by gas above a liquid.