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GCSE OCR Matter Complete Revision Summary

 MATTER

Matter

• Density
• Change of State
• Internal Energy
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Latent Heat
• Particle Motion in Gases
• Pressure in Gases

DENSITY

MEASURING DENSITY

DENSITY CALCULATION QUESTIONS

STATES OF MATTER

CHANGE OF STATE

• One state of matter can
  be changed to another
  by heating or cooling.
• During the change of state, the mass
  is conserved.
• When the particle is heater
  it gains kinetic energy and particles
  tend to move far apart.

When the particle is cooled, it looses
energy and the particles move closer.

Melting Point

It is the temperature at which the ice
melts from solid to liquid without the change
in temperature. For water it is 0 degrees.

Boiling Point

It is the temperature at which the water
boils from liquid to gas without the change
in the temperature. It is 100 degrees for
water.

Freezing Point

It is the temperature at which the water
freeze from liquid to solid to form ice without
the change in temperature.For water it is 0 degrees.

When we heat the ice :-

a) The ice is heated. The temperature increases
to zero degrees. At zero degrees, the melting
point is reached.

b) At the melting point, the ice melts to form water.
At this stage there is no change in the temperature
and if we plot the graph then it will be the flat
section of the graph.

c) After the ice is melted and forms liquid, the liquid
is heated again until it reaches its boiling
point at 100 degrees.

d) At the boiling point, the water boils to form the gas or
water vapor without any change in temperature.

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EVAPORATION AND BOILING

INTERNAL ENERGY

Energy stored by the particle of a substance

KINETIC ENERGY

It is the energy due to the particle’s
individual motion relative to each other.

POTENTIAL ENERGY

It is the energy due to the particle’s
individual position relative to ach other.

Heating or cooling a particle changes its internal energy and
changes the state of the particle.

LATENT HEAT

It is the energy transferred when the substance changes its state without
the change in temperature.

LATENT HEAT QUESTIONS

MEASURING LATENT HEAT FROM GRAPH

Plot the graph of temperature changes with time
for a given mass of ice let’s say 100 g of ice with
the power supply of 50 W. Note the time
for which the temperature did not change but change
of state take place.

LATENT HEAT OF FUSION

Power= 50 W
Time= 60 minutes= 3600 seconds
E= Power X time
= 3600 X50

LATENT HEAT OF VAPORIZATION

SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY

It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature
of 1 Kg of a substance by 1 degrees celcius.

SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY and
LATENT HEAT

Calculate the total energy required to convert to 750 g of water
at 50 degrees to 120 degrees. Specific Heat capacity
of water = 4200 J/Kg/C and latent heat of vaporization 2,260 KJ/Kg ?

PRESSURE IN GAS

Increasing the temperature
increases the kinetic energy of the molecules

So, the particles collide more and increases
the pressure.

BOYLE’s LAW

For a fixed amount of gas at a given temperature,
the product of Pressure and Volume is constant.

If a gas at 20 KPa occupies the

volume of 20 m3, then how much
volume it will occupies if it is compressred
to 10 KPa.

PARTICLE MOTION IN GAS

• The particles in the gas are moving randomly.
• The particles collide with the wall of the
  container and exert pressure.
• Greater the number of particles, more the
  collission and greater the pressure.

KEY TERMS

• Density:- Density is mass per unit volume.
• Melting Point:- It is the temperature at which the ice melts from
  solid to liquid without the change
  in temperature. For water, it is 0 degrees.
• Boiling Point:- It is the temperature at which the water boils
  from liquid to gas without the change in the
  temperature. It is 100 degrees for
  water.
• Freezing Point:- It is the temperature at which the water freeze
  from liquid to solid to form ice without
  the change in temperature. For water, it is 0
  degrees.
• Evaporation:- It is the surface phenomenon in which the water
  is lost in the form of water vapours from
  the surface of the water at the temperature
  below the boiling point.
• Boiling:- The change of a liquid to a gas at the
  boiling point. Boiling occurs throughout the liquid
  and it results in the formation of bubbles.
• INTERNAL ENERGY:- Energy stored by the particle of a substance. It
  is the sum of particles potential energy and
  kinetic energy. Kinetic energy
  of a particle is the energy due to the particle’s
  individual motion relative to each other.
  Potential Energy of
  a particle is energy due to the particle’s
  individual position relative to each other.

Make sure you have watched the above videos and are familiar with the key definations before trying these questions. It is also good to time yourself while doing these questions so that you can work on the speed as well.

Matter

• Changes of State and the Particle Model 1 MS
• Changes of State and the Particle Model 1 QP
• Changes of State and the Particle Model 2 MS
• Changes of State and the Particle Model 2 QP
• Internal Energy 1 MS
• Internal Energy 1 QP
• Internal Energy 2 MS
• Internal Energy 2 QP
• Internal Energy 3 MS
• Internal Energy 3 QP
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 1 MS
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 1 QP
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 2 MS
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 2 QP
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 3 MS
• Temperature Changes & Specific Heat Capacity 3 QP