States of Matter: Basics

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States of Matter

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Atoms
Molecules
States of Matter

Description

Heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.

Sample Learning Goals

Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
Compare particles in the three different phases.
Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.

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States Of Matter	Craig Reuter	HS	Lab	Physics Chemistry
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Albanian	All shqip	Gjendjet e materies : Bazat
Arabic	All العربية	حالات المادة: أساسيات
Basque	All Euskara	Materiaren egoerak: oinarriak
Belarusian	All беларускі	Агрэгатныя станы рэчыва: асновы
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Agregatna stanja: osnovni nivo
Bulgarian	All български	Състояния на материята
Catalan	All català	Estats de la matèria: Conceptes bàsics
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	物质状态：基础
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	States of Matter: Basics_物質三態：基礎
Croatian	All hrvatski	Agregatna stanja:osnove
Danish	All Dansk	Stoftilstande: Basis
Dutch	All Nederlands	Aggregatietoestanden: eenvoudig
Finnish	All suomi	Aineen olomuodot: Perusteet
French	All français	Etats de la matière: les bases
Georgian	All ქართული	ნივთიერების მდგომარეობები
German	All Deutsch	Aggregatszustände: Grundbegriffe
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Καταστάσεις της ύλης: Τα βασικά
Gujarati	All Gujarati	પદાર્થના સ્વરૂપો by નિકુંજ સવાણી
Hebrew	All עברית	מצבי צבירה: בסיס
Hindi	All हिंदी	द्रव्य की अवस्थाएँ - मूल बातें
Hungarian	All magyar	Halmazállapotok - alapok
Irish	All Gaeilge	Staideanna Damhna: Buneolas
Italian	All italiano	Stati della materia: introduzione
Japanese	All 日本語	物質の三態: ベーシック
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Заттың агрегаттық күйлері: Негіздері
Korean	All 한국어	물질의 상태: 기초편
Latvian	All Latviešu	Vielas agregātstāvokļi: Pamati
Marathi	All मराठी	पदार्थांच्या अवस्था (प्राथमिक)
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Материйн Төлөв: Үндсэн
Norwegian Nynorsk	All Norwegian Nynorsk	Aggregattilstandar
Persian	All فارسی	حالت های ماده: مقدماتی
Polish	All polski	Stany skupienia: podstawy
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Estados da Matéria: Básico
Russian	All русский	Агрегатное состояние вещества: основы
Serbian	All Српски	Стања материје: основе
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Skupenstvo látky: základy
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Agregatno stanje in fazni prehodi
Spanish	All español	Estados de la Materia: Intro
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Estados de la Materia: Intro
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Estados de la Materia: Fundamentos
Spanish (Spain)	All español (España)	Estados de la materia: Fundamentos
Swedish	All svenska	Materiens tillstånd: Grunder
Thai	All ไทย	สถานะของสาร: เบื้องต้น
Tibetan	All Tibetan	བེམ་གཟུགས་ཀྱི་གནས་འབབ། ༼རྨང་གཞི།༽
Turkish	All Türkçe	Maddenin Halleri: Temel Bilgiler
Ukrainian	All українська	Стан речовини: Основи
Urdu	All Urdu	مادّے کی مختلف حالتیں
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Trạng thái của vật chất: Phần cơ bản

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