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  • Understanding Phase Changes: States of Matter & Transitions
    The physical change from one state of matter to another is called a phase change.

    Here are some examples:

    * Solid to liquid: Melting (e.g., ice melting into water)

    * Liquid to solid: Freezing (e.g., water freezing into ice)

    * Liquid to gas: Evaporation (e.g., water evaporating into steam)

    * Gas to liquid: Condensation (e.g., steam condensing into water droplets)

    * Solid to gas: Sublimation (e.g., dry ice sublimating into carbon dioxide gas)

    * Gas to solid: Deposition (e.g., frost forming on a window)

    These changes are physical because they don't involve the formation of new substances, just changes in the arrangement and movement of molecules.

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