states of matter
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- matter
- the material that everything is made of
- solid
- matter that has a definite shape and volume usually hard and firm with no holes
- Celsius
- temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boilling point of water is 100 degrees
- boiling point
- temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid state to a gaseous (vapor) state
- boiling
- when a liquid gets so hot that bubbles rise to the surface and the liquid starts changing into gas
- condense
- to change from a gas to a liquid as the temperature descreases
- sublimate
- to change from a solid to a gas
- freezing
- below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius
- melt
- to change something from a solid to a liquid by heating it up
- freezing point
- temperature at which a substabce changes from a liquid state to a solid state
- water vapor
- water in the gas state
- liquid
- matter that has definite volume but not a definite shape
- physical change
- a change from one form to another without becoming a new substance
- melting point
- temperature at which a substance changes from the solid state to the liquid state
- evaporate
- to change from a liquid to a gas
- gas
- matter that has no definite volume or shape, but takes the shape of the container
- atom
- the smallest part of an element (a particle)
- states of matter
- the forms matter can take, as in solid, liquid, or gas
- Fahrenheit
- temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boilling point of water is 212 degrees