Sorge 8th grade science chapter 3
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lovepruitt on October 12, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sublimation | the change in state from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state |
| condensation | the change from the gaseous to the liquid state of matter |
| gas | a state of matter with no definite shape or volume |
| boiling point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
| viscosity | a liquid's resistance to flowing |
| inversely proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose product is constant |
| vaporization | the change of state from a liquid to a gas |
| liquid | a state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume |
| freezing | the change from the liquid to the solid state of matter |
| amorphous solid | a solid made up of particles that are not arranged in a regular pattern |
| boiling | the process that occurs when vapoization takes place inside a liquid as well as on the surface |
| surface tension | the result of an inward pull amoung the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together |
| evaporation | the process that occurs when vaporization takes place only on the surface of the liquid |
| fluid | a material that can easily flow |
| directly proportional | a term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose graph is a straight line passing through the point 0,0 |
| pressure | the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted |
| melting point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
| crystalline solid | a solid that is made up of crystals in which particles are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern |
| melting | the change from the solid to the liquid state of matter |
| solid | a state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume |
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