Graphing Water Phase Changes

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Objective

I can interpret a graph showing the phase changes of water. details solid, liquid, gas, freezing, melting, boiling, condensation, vaporization

Part 1 of 4

Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A heating curve, also known as a phase diagram, shows the relationship between temperature and energy for a material.

  2. 2

    For water, the melting point is 0 degrees Celsius, and the boiling point is 100 degrees Celsius.

  3. 3

    During phase changes, such as melting or boiling, the temperature remains constant as the energy goes into changing the phase of the material.

Part 3 of 4

Practice

8 questions

1

What is another name for a heating curve?

2

According to the video, what are the three phases of water?

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Exit ticket

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Describe what is happening to water at 0°C as energy is added, according to the phase change diagram.

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