Cumulative Vocabulary Test - Semester 1

First and Last Name

Type of energy characterized by the fact that you perceive it with your eyes

• light energy
• kinetic energy
• potential energy
• thermal energy
• heat energy

Stored energy

• light energy
• kinetic energy
• potential energy
• thermal energy
• heat energy

The average kinetic energy of particles in a substance

• temperature
• source object
• vaporization
• thermal contraction
• thermal expansion

The object within a system that provides the energy

• source object
• temperature
• vaporization
• thermal contraction
• thermal expansion

When an object heats up, it expands. What is this called?

• thermal expansion
• source object
• temperature
• vaporization
• thermal contraction

A material that does NOT allow energy to easily flow through.

• insulator
• source object
• temperature
• vaporization
• thermal contraction

State change from liquid to gas

• vaporization
• condensation
• temperature
• thermal contraction
• thermal expansion

Heat transfer through direct touch

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Heat transfer through hot air rising, cold air sinking

• conduction
• convection
• radiation