Chemical Building Blocks - Chapter 2

solid

A ____________ has a definite shape and a definite volume.

crystalline Solids

Solids that are made up of crystals are called _______________.

armorphous Solids

The particles are not arranged in a regular pattern.

liquid

A __________ has a definite volume but has no shape of its own.

fluid

A liquid is also called a _________, meaning "a substance that flows

surface tension

___________________________ is the result of an inward pull among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together

viscositly

Another property of liquid is _____________, a liquid's resistance to flowing. A liquid's ___________ depends on the size and shape of its particles and the attractions between the particles.

gas

A _____ has neither definite shape nor definite volume.

melting

The change in state from a solid to a liquid is called ____________.

melting point

In most pure substances, melting occurs at a specific temperature, called the ___________________________________.

freezing

The change from liquid to a solid is called __________________.

vaporization

The change from a liquid to a gas is called __________________.

evaporation

Vaporization that takes place only on the face of a liquid is called ________________________.

boiling

_________________ occurs when a liquid changes to a gas below its surface as well as at the surface.

boiling point

The temperature at which a liquid boils is called its _________________________________.

condensation

___________________________ occurs when particles in a gas lose enough thermal energy to form a liquid.

sublimation

___________________________ occurs when the surface particles of a solid gain enough energy that they form a gas.

Solid

Liquid

Gas