Quiz on Phase Changes

What is the definition of a phase change?

• The process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor

• A change from one state of matter to another

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows in which phase a substance exists under different conditions of temperature and pressure

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What does the melting point refer to?

• The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external or atmospheric pressure

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The temperature at which the forces holding the crystal lattice together are broken so that the solid becomes a liquid

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

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What is vaporization?

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor

• A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows in which phase a substance exists under different conditions of temperature and pressure

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What is evaporation?

• The process by which a gas or a vapor becomes a liquid

• When vaporization occurs only at the surface of a liquid

• The temperature at which the forces holding the crystal lattice together are broken so that the solid becomes a liquid

• The process by which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a solid without first becoming a liquid

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What is vapor pressure?

• The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external or atmospheric pressure

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

• A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows in which phase a substance exists under different conditions of temperature and pressure

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the freezing point?

• The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external or atmospheric pressure

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is condensation?

• The process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The process by which a gas or a vapor becomes a liquid

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

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What is deposition?

• The process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The process by which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a solid without first becoming a liquid

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

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What is a phase diagram?

• The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external or atmospheric pressure

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

• A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows in which phase a substance exists under different conditions of temperature and pressure

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What is the triple point?

• The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external or atmospheric pressure

• The temperature at which a liquid is converted to a crystalline solid

• A point on a phase diagram that represents the temperature and pressure at which three phases of a substance can coexist

• The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4