Heat and Matter STEMscopes Vocabulary

Energy that is stored in a system or object

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Total Internal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience as solid, liquid, and gas; also referred to as phases

• Matter

• States of Matter

• Heat

• Molecule

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Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Heat

• Temperature

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The total kinetic(motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes

• Temperature

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Total Internal Energy

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The sum of all the kinetic energy and potential energy that is found within a substance

• Total Internal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

The smallest particle of an element; made of electrons, protons, and neutrons

• Atom

• Molecule

• Matter

• Heat

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Movement of energy from one system to another

• Energy transfer

• Temperature

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

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Energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures; moves continually in a predictable pattern from a warmer site to a cooler site until all sites have reached the same temperature

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Temperature

• Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Energy of Motion

• Thermal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Total Internal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Anything that has volume and mass; occurs as elements, compounds, and mixtures

• Molecule

• Atom

• Matter

• States of Matter