Energy and Heat (plus review) Vocab

State of matter that has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Heat

The force that one surface exerts on another surface when two surfaces rub against each other.

• Friction

• Energy

• Temperature

• Joules

A temperature scale that is used by many scientists and is NOT divided up into degrees.

• Celsius

• Fahrenheit

• Kelvin

• Energy

Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Temperature

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Units of Energy

• Joules

• Energy

• Friction

• Heat

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Transfer of Heat from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal Energy

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Potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds which hold atoms together.

• Kinetic Energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

The scientific principle that energy is neither lost nor created during a transformation.

• Mechanical Energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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The sum of all the kinetic energy plus the potential energy in a system.

• Mechanical Energy

• Heat Energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Thermal Energy

The ability to do work or cause change.

• Kinetic Energy

• Joules

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Energy

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