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States of Matter
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8th Grade
11/09/2012

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How would you describe the molecules in a gas?
Definition
no arrangement
moving freely
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How would you describe the molecules in a solid?
Definition
most arranged molecules
molecules vibrate
molecules move the slowest
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How would you describe the molecules in a liquid?
Definition
molecules can slide past each other
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What form of matter has molecules moving the slowest?
Definition
solid
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What form of matter has molecules moving the fastest?
Definition
gas
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What form of matter has molecules that vibrate?
Definition
solid
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What form of matter has molecules that slide past one another?
Definition
liquid
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Describe a solid.
Definition
definite shape
definite volume
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Describe a liquid.
Definition
indefinite shape
definite volume
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Describe a gas.
Definition
indefinite shape
in definite volume
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What state of matter has molecules tightly packed together in a fixed position?
Definition
solid
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What state of matter conducts heat and energy the best?
Definition
solid
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What is conduction?
Definition
the transfer of energy by molecules bumping into each other
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What happens to the number of molecules in an solid when it turns into a liquid?
Definition
in ALL phase changes the number of molecules stays the SAME
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What state of matter has the strongest attractive force between their molecules?
Definition
a solid
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Why is heat conducted through solid?
Definition
the molecules bump into each other easily because they are so close together
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What state of matter has the most energy?
Definition
gas
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What happens to molecules in sublimation?
Definition
a solid changes right into a gas
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What happens to molecules in melting?
Definition
a solid changing into a liquid
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What happens to molecules in evaporation?
Definition
a liquid turning into a gas ON THE SURFACE
like water evaporating from a puddle
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What happens to molecules in freezing?
Definition
a liquid changing into a solid
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What happens to molecules in boiling?
Definition
a liquid changing into a gas UNDER THE SURFACE
like water on a stove
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What happens to molecules in condensation?
Definition
a gas changing into a liquid
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What is a physical change?
Definition
a phase change such as a solid to a liquid to a gas etc.
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What phase change is the opposite of freezing?
Definition
melting
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What phase change is the opposite of condensation?
Definition
evaporation
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The melting point is the SAME as or EQUALS the
Definition
freezing point
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What happens to the temperature during a phase change?
Definition
It stays the SAME
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What happens to the molecules when ice melts?
Definition
molecules move apart and speed up
energy is released
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As atoms spread out and become more random they need
Definition
MORE ENERGY to complete the phase change
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What is conduction?
Definition
transfer of energy by molecules bumping into each other
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