Unit 3 Vocabulary Practice

Front

What is the state of matter in which a substance does not have a definite shape or volume?

Back

Gas

Front

What is the state of matter in which a substance has a definite volume but no definite shape?

Back

Liquid

Front

What does the law of conservation of matter state?

Back

Matter cannot be created or destroyed; it can only change forms.

Front

What is a combination of two or more different substances where the substances keep their individual identities?

Back

Mixture

Front

What is the slow change in state from a liquid to a gas called?

Back

Evaporating

Front

What is the state of matter that has a definite shape and volume?

Back

Solid

Front

What is the process called when a solid turns into a liquid?

Back

Melting

Front

What is the process called when a liquid turns into a solid?

Back

Freezing

Front

What is a solution?

Back

A mixture where one substance is dissolved in another.

Front

What is boiling?

Back

The rapid change from a liquid to a gas.