NYS Cool It! Lab Vocabulary Practice

Heat Source

• An object that provides heat to another object (e.g., a stove).

• A device that cools down an environment (e.g., an air conditioner).

• A material that absorbs heat without releasing it (e.g., an insulator).

• A mechanism that converts heat into mechanical energy (e.g., a steam engine).

Heat Sink

• An object that absorbs heat from another object (e.g., a container of water).

• A device that generates heat for cooking.

• A material that reflects heat away from an object.

• An object that stores heat for later use.

Temperature

• A measure of how hot or cold something is, related to the movement of molecules in a substance.

• A measure of the amount of heat energy in a substance.

• A measure of the pressure exerted by a gas in a container.

• A measure of the density of a substance.

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Thermodynamic Equilibrium

• A state where two objects reach the same temperature after transferring heat.

• A condition where no heat transfer occurs between objects.

• A phase where one object is significantly hotter than another.

• A scenario where energy is created from nothing.

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Convection

• The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid (such as water or air) between areas of different temperature.

• The process of heat transfer through direct contact between materials.

• The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.

• The movement of air caused by differences in pressure.

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Specific Heat Capacity

• The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by one degree Celsius.

• The total energy contained in a substance at a given temperature.

• The energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point.

• The energy needed to increase the temperature of a substance without changing its state.

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Radiation

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, which can occur in a vacuum.

• The process of converting light into chemical energy.

• The emission of particles from a radioactive source.

• The movement of heat through direct contact.

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Transfer

• The movement of heat or energy from one object to another.

• The process of storing energy in a single object.

• The act of converting energy into mass.

• The method of isolating energy from its source.

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Heat

• The energy that comes from the movement of molecules; it can be transferred from one object to another.

• A form of energy that is stored in chemical bonds.

• The energy associated with the position of an object in a gravitational field.

• The energy that is released during nuclear reactions.

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Variable

• A constant factor that does not change in an experiment.

• A factor that can change in an experiment, such as temperature or amount of water.

• A measurement that is always the same in every experiment.

• A type of equipment used to conduct experiments.

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