Thermal Energy and Heat
Heat terms
Terms
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- Condensation
- The change from the gaseous to the liquid form of matter.
- Celsius scale
- The temperature scale on which zero and 100 are the temperatures at which water freezes and boils.
- Fahrenheit scale
- The temperature scale on which 32 and 212 are the temperatures at which water freezes and boils.
- Kelvin scale
- The temperature on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
- Vaporization
- The change from the liquid to the gaseous form of matter.
- Thermostat
- A device that regulates temperature.
- States
- The three forms (solid, liquid, and gas) in which matter exists.
- Convection
- The transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid.
- Heat engine
- A device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy.
- Conductor
- A material that easily transfers heat between its particles.
- Insulator
- A material that does not easily transfer heat between its particles.
- Specific heat
- The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one Kelvin.
- Internal Combustion Engine
- An engine that burns fuel inside cylinders within the engine.
- Freezing
- The change from the liquid to the solid form of matter.
- Boiling
- Vaporization that occurs on and below the surface of a liquid.
- Freezing point
- The temperature at which a substance freezes.
- Heat
- Thermal energy that Is transferred from one substance to another.
- Conduction
- The transfer of heat between particles within a substance.
- Evaporation
- Vaporization that occurs at the surface of a liquid.
- Radiation
- The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
- Convection Current
- A current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid.
- Change of state
- The physical change of matter from one state to another.
- Thermal Expansion
- The expansion of matter when it is heated.
- External Combustion Engine
- An engine powered by fuel burned outside the engine.
- Melting point
- The temperature at which a substance melts.
- Combustion
- The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal energy.
- Temperature
- The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
- Absolute zero
- The temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
- Bimetallic strip
- A strip made of two different metals that expand at different rates.
- Boiling point
- The temperature at which a liquid substance boils.
- Melting
- change from the solid to the liquid form of matter.