Gas Laws Vocab

Question 1

Refers to motion

Answer 1

Kinetic

Question 2

Energy of motion

Answer 2

Kinetic energy

Question 3

All matter consists of tiny particles that are in constant motion

Answer 3

Kinetic theory

Question 4

The force exerted by a gas per unit surface area of an object

Answer 4

Gas pressure

Question 5

The pressure of Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 5

Atmospheric pressure

Question 6

Standard pressure in kilopascals

Answer 6

101.3 kPa

Question 7

Determines what state matter is in

Answer 7

Average kinetic energy

Question 8

Solid to gas

Answer 8

Sublimation

Question 9

Gas to solid

Answer 9

Deposition

Question 10

Measure of the force exerted by a gas above a liquid in a closed system

Answer 10

Vapor pressure

Question 11

Particles are arranged in an orderly, repeating 3D pattern

Answer 11

Crystal lattice

Question 12

Cube with atoms at each corner and in the center

Answer 12

Body-centered cubic

Question 13

Cube with atoms at each corner and each side

Answer 13

Face-centered cubic

Question 14

A stack of triangular shapes

Answer 14

Hexagonal close-packed

Question 15

Two or more different molecular forms of the same element in the same physical state

Answer 15

Allotropes

Question 16

The relationship among phases of a substances in a system represented in a single graph

Answer 16

Phase diagram

Question 17

When something has all three states of matter at the same time

Answer 17

Triple point

Question 18

False triple point; three substances but all of different states

Answer 18

Pseudo triple point

Question 19

A measure of how much the volume of matter decreases under pressure

Answer 19

Compressibility