Matter and Energy Vocab

Solids...

• particles are held close together with little or no movement

• particles are far spread out with rapid movements

• particles are somewhat spread out with regular paced movements

• there are no particles in a solid

A process which alters the fundamental structure of something is...

• direct heating

• a physical change

• indirect heating

• a chemical change

When does condensation happen?

• solid to liquid
• liquid to gas
• gas to liquid
• solid to gas

What is energy?

• moving energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

• The ability to do work.

The amount of matter in a substance, or object, is its __________.

• volume
• length
• temperature
• mass

frying an egg

• physical change
• chemical change

When heat passes directly from one substance to another it is called...

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• evaporation

Radiation is the movement of heat through a fluid, but the heat source...

• must touch the object to move through it

• has no direct contact with the material it is heating

• sinks while the material being heated rises

• rises while the material being heated sinks

__________ have a definite volume and tend to take the shape of their container. 

• solids
• liquids
• gases

The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or a gas.

• Matter
• Mass
• Physical State
• Thermal Energy