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16.1 Chemistry
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| heat | transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a temperature difference |
| temperature | a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point |
| thermal expansion | an increase in the volume of a material due to a temperature increase |
| specific heat | the amount of heat need to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius |
| calorimeter | an instrument used to measure changes in thermal energy |