What determines the transition between different states of matter?

Gymnast always perform on padded mats. how does the mats protect the gymnast

A50.0 ml sample of gas at 20.0 atm of pressure is compressed to 40.0 atm of pressure at constant temperature. what is the new volume? 0.0100 ml 0.325 ml 25.0 ml 100. ml

Astudent pours 10.0 g of salt into a container of water and observes the amount of time it takes for the salt to dissolve. she then repeats the process using the same amounts of salt and water but this time she slowly stirs the mixture while it is dissolving. the student performs the experiment one more time but this time she stirs the mixture rapidly. the dependent variable in this experiment is: time for salt to dissolve speed of stirring amount of water mass of salt