States of matter

Cards (21)

  • What happens to the volume of a gas as it is heated?
    Increases
  • What happens to the density of a gas as it is heated?
    Decreases
  • What unit is used to measure energy when calculating specific heat capacity?
    Joules
  • What is the name given to the change of state from solid to liquid?
    Melting
  • What is the name given to the change of state from liquid to solid?

    Freezing
  • What is the name given to the change in state from liquid to gas?
    Evaporation/boiling
  • Calculate the density of an object with a mass of 785g and a volume of 15cm³.
    52.33
  • Air has a density of 1.3kg/m³. What is the mass of 36m³ of air in kg.
    46.8kg
  • How many pascals is a kilopascal equal to?
    1000
  • Boyle's law indicates that if the pressure applied to a gas is halved the volume of the gas will...
    Double
  • A shipwreck salvage company uses a lifting bag to raise a cannon off the sea bed. The bag is inflated with nitrogen to a volume of 5m³ at the sea bed pressure of 300kPa. Assuming no change in temperature, what would the volume of the lifting bag be at sea level where the pressure is 100kPa?
    15m³
  • What is the name given to the change of state from solid to gas?
    Sublimation
  • The internal energy is the total kinetic and.....energy of all the particles that makes up a system.

    Potential
  • What is the unit for specific latent heat. (give answer in symbols)
    J/kg
  • The specific latent heat of......is the energy needed for a change of state from a solid to a liquid.
    Fusion
  • How much energy is needed to melt 5g of ice? The specific latent heat of melting for water is 334000J/kg.
    1670J
  • Can a solid be compressed?
    No
  • Can a liquid be compressed?
    No
  • Can a gas be compressed?
    Yes
  • According to boyle's law, if a gas stays at a constant.....and it's volume is increased, its pressure decreases.
    Temperature
  • What is Boyle's Law?
    P1V1 = P2V2