Physical science Vocab

Explanation of the behavior of particles in gases; sates that matter is made of constantly particles that collide without losing energy.

• Kinetic Theory

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Expansion

• Viscosity

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Temperature at which a solid liquify

• Melting Point

• Boiling Point

• Heat of vaporization

• Heat of fusion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Amount of energy required to change a substance from the solid phase to the liquid phase

• Heat of Fusion

• Sublimation

• Thermal Expansion

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The temperature at which the pressure of the vapor of a liquid is equal to the external pressure acting on the surface of a liquid

• Boiling point

• Melting point

• Plasma

• Heat vaporization

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The amount of energy required for a liquid at its boiling point to become a gas

• Heat of Vaporization

• Sublimation

• Heat of Fusion

• Thermal Expansion

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The process of a solid changing directly to a vapor without forming a liquid

• Sublimation

• Viscosity

• Plasma

• Pressure

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Matter with enough energy to overcome the attractive forces within its atoms, composed of positively and negatively charged particles

• Plasma

• Thermal Expansion

• Kinetic Theory

• Bouyauncy

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An increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased. Substances also contract when they cool.

• Thermal Expansion

• Heat of Vaporization

• Kinetic Theory

• Melting Point

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The ability of a fluid a liquid or a gas- to exert an upward force on an object immersed in it.

• Buoyancy

• Pressure

• Viscosity

• Plasma

Force exerted per unit area

• Pressure

• Volume

• Mass

• Weight