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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Temperature | Is the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in a substance |
| Thermal energy | Is the total energy of all the particles in an object |
| Heat | Is a flow of energy between objects at different temperatures |
| Thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature, indicating how hot or cold an object |
| conduction | The transfer of heat energy by molecules touching each other |
| Convection | Heat is transferred by movement of currents within a fluid particle rise and fall because by density different |
| Radiation | Is transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
| Solid | One of the four fundamental states of matter |
| Liquid | Fixed volume but no definite shape. |
| Gas | A state of matter that has no fixed shape and no definite volume |
| Melting | The change of a solid to a liquid by absorbing heat |
| Freezing | The change of a liquid to a solid by releasing heat |
| Evaporation | The change of a liquid to a gas by absorbing heat |
| Boiling | The change of a liquid to a gas by absorbing heat |
| Condensation | The change of a gas to a liquid by releasing heat |
| Endothermic | The molecules absorb energy from the environment to make the phase change occur |
| Exothermic | The molecules release energy to the environment to make the phase change occur |