Chapter 16 Vocabulary

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the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature

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heat

Front

a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point

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temperature

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a temperature of 0 kelvins

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absolute zero

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the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases

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thermal expansion

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the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius

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specific heat

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instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change

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calorimeter

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the transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter, within a material or between materials that are touching

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conduction

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a material that conducts thermal energy well

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thermal conductor

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a material that conducts thermal energy poorly

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thermal insulator

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the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another

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convection