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PS CH 3 Vocab S1,3
Contributed by: Conway
  • 1. the state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume
A) liquid
B) gas
C) solid
  • 2. the state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape
A) liquid
B) gas
C) solid
  • 3. the state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume
A) solid
B) gas
C) liquid
  • 4. the energy an object has due to its motion
A) kinetic energy
B) potential energy
C) relative energy
D) chemical energy
  • 5. a reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another
A) flammable change
B) ductile change
C) malleable change
D) phase change
  • 6. a description of a change in which a system absorbs energy from its surroundings
A) exothermic
B) pyrothermic
C) hypothermic
D) endothermic
  • 7. the energy of a substance must absorb in order to change from a solid to a liquid
A) heat of vaporization
B) heat of fusion
C) heat of phase
D) heat of pressure
  • 8. a description of change in which a system releases energy to its surroundings
A) exothermic
B) hyperthermic
C) endothermic
D) mesothermic
  • 9. the phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid into a gas
A) deposition
B) condensation
C) sublimation
D) vaporization
E) melting
  • 10. the energy a substance must absorb in order to change from a liquid to a gas
A) heat of fusion
B) heat of condensation
C) heat of boiling
D) heat of vaporization
  • 11. the process that changes a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substance's boiling point
A) boiling
B) evaporation
C) deposition
D) sublimation
E) freezing
  • 12. the pressure caused by the collisions of particles in a vapor with the walls of a container
A) molecular pressure
B) vapor pressure
C) colloidal pressure
D) particle pressure
  • 13. the phase change in which a substances changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid
A) freezing
B) condensation
C) deposition
D) evaporation
  • 14. the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first
A) deposition
B) sublimation
C) boiling
D) evaporation
  • 15. the phase change in which gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing into a liquid
A) condensation
B) deposition
C) evaporation
D) sublimation
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