Unit 4 Thermodynamics Vocabulary

the minimum amount of energy required to start a chemical reaction

• specific heat

• activation energy

• thermodynamics

• entrophy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

a substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction

• latent heat

• absolute zero

• exothermic

• catalyst

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

a chemical reaction in which energy is released to the surroundings as heat

• exothermic

• endothermic

• enthalpy

• entrophy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred from one form to another

• convection

• conservation of energy

• entrophy

• thermodynamics

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the transfer of heat through direct contact

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• temperature

a change from one state of matter to another without a change in chemical composition

• conduction

• thermodynamics

• convection

• phase change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by a given amount

• specific heat

• thermometer

• energy

• phase change

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the energy transferred between objects because of a difference in their temperatures

• enthalpy

• entrophy

• heat

• absolute zero

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the total heat content of a system

• enthalpy

• entropy

• temperature

• thermometer

the degree of disorder or randomness in a system

• enthalpy

• entropy

• temperature

• heat