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| The physical forms in which a substance can exist; states include Solid, liquid, gas, plasma. |
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| The state in which matter has a definite shape and volume. |
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| The state in which matter takes the shape of it's container and has a definite volume. |
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| The state in which matter changes in both shape and volume. |
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| The amount of force exerted on a given area; Represented in Pascals. |
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| The law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant temperature, the volume of a gas increases at it's pressure decreases. |
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| The law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant pressure, the volume of the gas increases as it's temperature increases. |
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| The state of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume and whose particles have broken apart; Plasma is composed of electrons and positively charged ions. |
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| The conversion of a substance from one physical state to another. |
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| The change of state from a solid to a liquid. |
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| The change of state from a liquid to a solid. |
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| The change of state from a liquid to a gas; includes boiling and evaporation. |
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| Vaporization that occurs throughout a liquid. |
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| Vaporization that occurs at the surface of the liquid below it's boiling point. |
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| The change of a state from a gas to a liquid. |
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| The change of state from a solid directly to a gas. |
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