Solids, Liquids, and Gases

solid, gas, liquid

explains how particles in matter behave (particle behavior model)

small particles

random, constant motion

each other and the walls of their containers

total energy of a materials particles, causing the particles to vibrate in place

temperature of a substance or how fast the particles are moving (low temperature, slow movement)

particles are closely packed together in a specific geometric arrangement called a crystal lattice

a solid begins to liquefy at its melting point as the particles gain enough energy to overcome their ordered arrangement

energy required to reach the melting point

space, flow & take the shape of their container.

liquid particles have enough energy to overcome the attractive forces in other particles of the liquid (no definite shape/volume)

the energy required for a liquid to turn into a gas

the pressure of a liquids vapor is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere causing the liquid to turn into a soild

the process in which gas particles spread evenly throughout their container

as a solid melts and a liquid vaporizes, the temperature remains the same

temperature will increase when the attractive forces of the earlier state have been overcome

the most common state of matter consisting of high-temperature gas with balanced positively and negatively charged particals

the increase in a size of a substance as temperature increases

most

expands when it turns into a soild.

lack the tightly ordered structure found in crystals, do not have a specific temperature in which they turn to solid or liquid, examples including wax, obsidian, plastic, glass

the ability of a fluid (liquid or gas) to exert an upward force on an object immersed in it

weights less than the buoyant force acting on it