Heating Curves Game

Front

What is the melting point?

Back

The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid.

Front

What is the freezing point?

Back

The temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid.

Front

What state of matter is characterized by having a definite volume but no definite shape?

Back

Liquid.

Front

What state of matter has no definite shape or volume?

Back

Gas.

Front

What describes the forces between particles in a liquid?

Back

Forces are weak allowing particles to move but not too far.

Front

What happens to the temperature of a substance during a phase change?

Back

The temperature remains constant during a phase change.

Front

What is a heating curve?

Back

A graph that shows the temperature of a substance as it is heated over time.

Front

What occurs at the plateau of a heating curve?

Back

Phase change occurs, and temperature remains constant.

Front

What is the significance of the slope in a heating curve?

Back

The slope indicates the rate of temperature change.

Front

What happens to the kinetic energy of particles as temperature increases?

Back

The kinetic energy of particles increases.