Heat and Thermal Energy Vocabulary review

Heat and Thermal Energy Vocabulary review

Liquid

Has no definite shape but has a definite volume

Solid

A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.



Gas

A state of matter with no definite shape or volume

Boiling Point

The temperature at which a liquid boils.

Convection Current

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.

Conduction

The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects. 

Fahrenheit scale

The temperature scale on which water freezes at 32o F and boils at 212o F.

Convection

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

Temperature

How hot or cold something is; a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance.

Kelvin Scale

The temperature scale on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.

Freezing Point

The temperature at which a liquid freezes.

Celsius Scale

The temperature scale on which water freezes at 0oC and boils at 100o C.

Absolute Zero

The temperature at which no energy can be removed from matter

Radiation

The transfer of energy from electromagnetic waves

State

The form at which matter exists