Key terms

melting point

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• the thermal energy needed to evaporate 1 kg of a liquid

• the sum of the internal kinetic and potential energy of the particles that make up an object

• the temperature at which a solid changes state to a liquid; same as the freezing point from liquid to solid

Heat of vaporization

• the temperature at which a liquid changes state to a gas; same as the condensation point from gas to liqui

• the thermal energy needed to evaporate 1 kg of a liquid

• a measurement of the average kinetic energy of all of the molecules in an object

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid

Boiling point

• the energy associated with the motion of a particle

• the sum of the internal kinetic and potential energy of the particles that make up an objec

• the temperature at which a liquid changes state to a gas; same as the condensation point from gas to liqui

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid

Heat of fusion

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid

• the temperature at which a solid changes state to a liquid; same as the freezing point from liquid to solid

• the temperature at which a solid changes state to a liquid; same as the freezing point from liquid to solid

• a measurement of the average kinetic energy of all of the molecules in an object

Thermal energy

• the temperature at which a solid changes state to a liquid; same as the freezing point from liquid to solid

• the temperature at which a liquid changes state to a gas; same as the condensation point from gas to liquid

• the sum of the internal kinetic and potential energy of the particles that make up an object

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid

Temperature

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid

• a measurement of the average kinetic energy of all of the molecules in an object

• the sum of the internal kinetic and potential energy of the particles that make up an object

• the temperature at which a liquid changes state to a gas; same as the condensation point from gas to liquid

kinetic energy

• the energy associated with the motion of a particle

• the temperature at which a liquid changes state to a gas; same as the condensation point from gas to liquid

• the temperature at which a solid changes state to a liquid; same as the freezing point from liquid to solid

• thermal energy needed to melt 1 kg of a solid