Physics: is the scientific study of matter and energy and how they interact with each other.
- Matter is anything that has mass and volume (takes up space)
- Energy is the capacity or ability to do work; work - the apply force over a given distance
- Solid:
- rigid and have a definite shape and volume.
- particles vibrate more slowly than in a liquid
- particles are very close together and in fixed position, not compressible
- Liquid:
- flow, take the shape of its container
- definite volume, no definite shape
- particles vibrate faster and are even farther apart than in a solid
- particles slide past each other freely, not compressible
- Gas:
- expand to fill container
- no definite shape or volume
- particles are widely spaced apart
- not compressible
- Plasma:
- made up of superheated particles
- affected by electric and magnetic fields
- Superfluid ( such as Bose-Einstein Condensate):
- made up of particles cooled to temperature nears absolute zero (0 Kelvin)
- opposite of plasma
- not naturally occur
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