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| physical state of a material, whether a solid, a liquid, or a gas, which depends mostly on how the material's atoms and molecules are arranged and how they move |
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| anything that has mass and takes up space and whose particles are in constant motion |
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kinetic theory of matter
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| states that the particles of all matter are in constant, random motion |
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| the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid |
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| heat required to melt one kilogram of a solid at its melting point |
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| the temperature at which attractive forces trap particles in a cooling liquid and form crystals |
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| the temperature at which added heat energy causes the molecules of a liquid to move faster and the liquid's particles to enter the gaseous state in large numbers |
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| the amount of energy required to change one kilogram of a liquid to a gas |
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| the process in which large particles leave the cell |
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| the process where particles in a cooling gas slow down and come together to form droplets of liquid |
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| the mixing of particles in a gas or a liquid |
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| the amount of force applied per unit of area |
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| states that the pressure exerted on any point of a confined fluid is transmitted unchanged throughout the fluid |
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| the mass of an object divided by its volume |
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| states that when an object is placed in a fluid, the object weighs less by an amount equal to the weight of the displaced fluid |
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| the decrease in weight of an object in a fluid due to the net upward force caused by the displaced fluid |
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