The document discusses the three main ways that the state of matter can change: evaporation, sublimation, and condensation. Evaporation occurs when a liquid turns to a gas above its boiling point, sublimation is when a solid turns directly to a gas, and condensation is when a gas turns to a liquid below its boiling point. It also defines heat of fusion as the energy needed to change from solid to liquid, and heat of vaporization as the energy needed to change from liquid to gas, noting that changing from solid to liquid requires less energy for water.