Energy, Heat, and Heat Transfer Vocabulary Review

Front

What is the change in liquid to a gas at and below the surface of a liquid?

Back

Boiling

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid in liquid or gas called?

Back

Convection

Front

What is the energy of light and other forms of radiation that travels through space as waves?

Back

Electromagnetic Energy

Front

What is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas?

Back

Evaporation

Front

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

Back

Temperature

Front

What is the process of heat transfer through direct contact between materials?

Back

Conduction

Front

What is the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance?

Back

Absolute zero

Front

What is the term for the energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds?

Back

Chemical Energy

Front

What is the energy associated with the motion and position of an object?

Back

Mechanical Energy

Front

What is the process of a solid changing directly into a gas without becoming a liquid?

Back

Sublimation