Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Matter that has definite shape and volume.

• plasma

• solid

• gas

• liquid

Matter with definite volume but takes on the shape of the container it is in.

• plasma

• solid

• gas

• liquid

Measurement of a liquids resistance to flow.

• vaporization

• viscosity

• surface tension

• temperature

The uneven forces acting on the particles on the surface of a liquid.

• surface tension

• viscosity

• thermal energy

• pressure

The gas state of a substance that is normally a solid or a liquid at room temperature.

• vapor

• sublimation

• viscosity

• deposition

Matter that has no definite volume or shape.

• liquid

• solid

• plasma

• gas

Energy due to motion.

• Kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

Measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material.

• vaporization

• termal energy

• kinetic energy

• temperature

The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the particles that make up an object.

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• viscosity

• temperature

The change in state from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• viscosity

• condensation

• vaporization