Section 1:
States of Matter and Phase Diagrams
Embedded Files
Unit 1 TESTS will be the first week in October. Review materials are available HERE already. Start studying!
Other Video Content Videos
Other Video Content Videos
These videos are NOT required, but do offer a different perspective on the topic if that helps!
Tyler DeWitt - a discussion on the three states of matter and how matter changes between those states. Tyler uses a good analogy of people at a concert.
Khan Academy - a more detailed discussion that focuses on actual molecular behavior instead of analogies. Longer, but well done!
Chad's Prep - this video focuses primarily on phase diagrams and how to interpret them. Simple but effective! Chad does a good job of identifying all SIX phase changes!
Monster Box - a deeper discussion on what plasma is and why it is important. While we do not see a lot of it here on earth, 99% of all matter in the universe is in this state!
Written Content
Written Content
The links below are sites with written descriptions of this content. Some prefer to learn from reading rather than watching. If that helps you these resources can be useful!
Perdue University - a very brief entry that summarizes the properties of solids, liquids, and gasses. This article has a nice table that compares and contrasts the different states.
PhET - a simulator that helps you to visualize behavior at the molecular level for the different states as well as the 6 phase changes.
Inspirit - another runthrough of the three common states of matter. This is more of a textbook-style entry, which might be more familiar to some.
University of Hawaii - a detailed discussion of phase diagrams and some practice probelms interpreting those diagrams.
Resources
Use the link(s) below to access tools to help you in this section. These tools are not required, but typically help a lot by either replacing a big chunks of the notes you need to take and/or with practice and labs. These docs can also usually be used on tests and quizzes.
this practice will test your ability to interpret phase diagrams, identify state of matter at a given temp and pressure, identifying phase changes as we change temp or pressure, and identifying key pressure and temperature combos like the triple and critical points.
Overall, this practice is more about understanding definitions, and should be relatively easy!
Lab Activity
No lab activity for this section!!
Mastery Quiz
Mastery Quiz
To prove mastery of this topic you will need to take a quiz on Schoology. Here are the guidelines:
You must show me all the completed work for this section BEFORE you you can start attempts on this quiz.
You can use any notes, practice, or prior quiz attempts to help you complete the quiz.
You can use ANY class resources like a calculator, your periodic table, or any other reference materials
You have UNLIMITED attempts to take this quiz, but after 4 tries you will need to take a paper version with me in class.
You should only need 2-3 tries for each quiz. If it takes more than that you should be reaching out for help!
You CANNOT work with others on the quizzes
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