Question

What are the five different names given as matter changes one state to another? What changes does each one represent?

Answer 1

We know that to understand how the matter changes from one state to another we first need to know the meaning of matter. Matter is anything that has mass and volume which also takes up space. All physical objects are made up of matter. Matter is composed of tiny building blocks which are known as atoms.

Complete answer: Matter changes from one state to another by heating, cooling or by other methods. On heating the intermolecular space between the molecules increases and the intermolecular force decreases in solids and liquids and then changes the state to liquid in case of solid and gas in case of liquid. These atoms are bonded together to form molecules. Matters can be in liquid, solid or in gaseous state. During the cooling process the intermolecular space decreases whereas intermolecular force decreases between the molecules. Let us take solid state first so from solid state it has two options which are convert to liquid through melting or directly convert to gas which is sublimation so our first change of state of matter is:
Solid to liquid: melting.
Solid to gas: sublimation.
Now let us take Liquid state now liquid state also has two option of state conversion which are liquid to solid which is solid and liquid to gas which is vaporization so our next two state conversion of matter is:
Liquid to solid: freezing,
Liquid to gas: vaporization.
Now our last type of conversion is gas to liquid as gas cools down it becomes liquid: Gas to liquid: condensation. Hence these are our five different state conversions.
Gas to solid: deposition
Gas to liquid: condensation

Note:
Remember that the matter changes from one state to another by changing either the temperature or pressure. We can convert matter from one state to another by adding or removing energy which means by changing the temperature, the thermal energy changes due to which matter changes its state and by changing pressure also, the energy changes and matter can go in another state.