States of Matter

Question 1

Fluid

Answer 1

Gas or liquid; ability to flow

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

The process occuring at the surface of a liquid, involving the change of state from a liquid into a vapour at a temperature below boiling point

Question 3

boiling

Answer 3

process of change from a liquid to a gas at the boiling point of the substance

Question 4

volatility

Answer 4

the property of how easily a liquid evaporates

Question 5

pure substance

Answer 5

a single chemical element or compound

Question 6

kinetic particle theory

Answer 6

theory which accounts for the bulk properties of different states

Question 7

intermolecular forces

Answer 7

weak attractive forces that act between molecules

Question 8

saturated solution

Answer 8

a solution that contains as much dissolved solute as possible at a particular temperature

Question 9

precipitation reaction

Answer 9

a reaction in which an insoluble salt is prepared from solutions of soluble salts

Question 10

diffusion

Answer 10

the process by which different fluids mix as a result of the random motions of their particles