States of matter Flashcards

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Compression

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Compression, decrease in volume of any object or substance resulting from squeezing the object

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Melting

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Solid changing to a liquid by heating

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Boiling

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A liquid changing to a gas by heating it

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Evaporation

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It’s the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature

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Condensation

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Process in which a gas changes into a liquid by the process of cooling

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Freezing

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Process of solidification. In other words when a liquid turns into a solid by the process of cooling

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Sublimation

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Process in which when heating a solid turns to a gas without directly going through the liquid phase.

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Brownian Motion

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The erratic movement of particles in a gas or liquid, as a result of continuous bombardment from molecules of the surrounding meduim.

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Difffusion

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Movement of particles from a high to a low concentration .

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Intermoleculer Forces

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Forces between molecules

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Melting Point

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Temperature at which a solid turns to a liquid

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Boiling Point

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Temperature at which a liquid turns to a gas

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Density

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Density is the mass per unit volume

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Mass

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Is the measurement of how many atoms a substance contains

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Vacuum

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Space which contains no particles

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Reactants

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Starting materials in a chemical reaction

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Products

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The substances that are made in a chemical reaction

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Conservation of mass

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The total mass of products at the end of the reaction is equal to the total mass of the reactants at the beginning. This is because no atoms are created or destroyed during chemical reactions.