Thermal Energy Amplify Vocabulary

Equilibrium

• a balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two samples are at the same temperature

• when two things exchange molecules

• when two things are balanced and weigh the same

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thermal energy

• The total energy of all the particles of an object measured with temperature.

• the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

• the energy that it possesses due to its motion.

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molecule

• anything that has mass and takes up space (volume)

• a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• tiny particles called protons, neutrons and electrons.

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Average

• a number that summarizes a set of data and by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the quantity of numbers.

• tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

• the ability to make things move or change

Infer

• to state your opinion

• to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

• to write your answers

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Kinetic Energy

• the ability to make things move or change

• energy that an object has because it moves

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

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change

• when something becomes different over time

• when something reaches equilibrium

• when something stops growing

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called

• heat

• temperatur

• motion

• momentum

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temperature

• the amount of movement that atoms store

• The transfer of energy from one form to another

• A measure of the average Kinetic Energy of the molecules of a substance.

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stability

• a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept.

• when something stays mostly the same over time

• the strength to stand or endure