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Science Review sheet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Temperature | the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in a substance |
| Thermal Energy | the total energy of all particles in an object |
| Heat | a flow of energy between objects at different temperatures (transfers from warmer to cooler) |
| Thermometer | tool to measure temperature |
| Conduction | the transfer of heat energy by molecules touching each other |
| Convection | heat transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid |
| Radiation | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. |
| Solid | has a definite shape and volume |
| Liquid | definite volume, but changing shape |
| Gas | has no definite shape or volume |
| 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 |
| Melting | The change of a solid to a liquid by absorbing heat |
| Freezing | the change of a liquid to a solid |
| Evaporation | the change of a liquid to a gas by absorbing heat ( occurs only on surface) |
| Boiling | the change of a gas to a liquid by releasing heat |
| Condensation | the change of a gas to a liquid by releasing heat. |