Physical Changes in Matter

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Solid
Matter that has a definate shape and volume. particles in this state of matter vibrate.
Liquid
Matter that has definate volume but not a definite shape, particles in this state are close together but move around one another.
Gas
Matter has no definate volume or shape, particles in this substance move about freely.
Plasma
A gas that has been ionized.
Heterogeneous
Chemistry. (of a mixture) composed of different substances or the same substance in different phases, as solid ice and liquid water.
Mixture
An aggregate of two or more substances that are not chemically united and that exist in no fixed proportion to each other.
Homogenous
Involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gas)
Condensation
The act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid form.
Sublimation
The change from a solid to a gas, skipping the liquid phase.
Colloids
A mixture containing tiny particles of one substance scattered evenly throughout another.
Solution
Mixture in which the molecules of one substance, known as a solute, are dissolved in another substance, known as the solvent.
Diffuses
To become widely dispersed; spread out.
Heat
Transfer of thermal energy between substances that are at different temperatures
Suspension
Mixture in which particles of a solid are spread throughout a liquid, and the particles are large enough to settle out.
Compound
Matter made of 2 or more elements.