States Of Matter and Phase Changes Terminology

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Liquid to Gas

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Boiling/Evaporation; gaining energy; is the conversion of a liquid to a gas at the surface of the liquid because a gain of energy allows ……..

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Solid to Liquid

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Fusion; melting; gaining energy

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Liquid to Solid

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Freezing; losing energy; temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.

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Gas to solid

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Deposition; losing energy

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Gas to Liquid

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Temperature at which the external temperature is lower than the vapor pressure of the gas leading at a transfer of energy from a hot area to a cooler one; Condensation ; losing energy

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Solid to Gas

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Sublimation; gaining energy; occurs when vapor pressures exceed atmospheric pressures at or near room temperature

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Allotropes

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Are two or more different molecular forms of the same element in the physical state

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Allotrope Carbons

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Diamond, graphite, and Buckminsterfullerene

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Amorphous Solids

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Lack and ordered internal structure

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Amorphous Solids

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Rubber, plastic, glass and Asphalt

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Compressibility

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Is a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases under pressure.

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Pressure

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Is defined as the force exerted per unit of surface area.

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Atmospheric pressure

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Results from the collision of atoms and molecules in air with objects and is dependent upon weather and altitude.