Temperature
Atom arrangement
Temperature Graph
Kinetic/Potential Energy
Vocabulary
100

Water Boiling Point

100o C

100

Solid

Tightly packed. Set Volume and shape

100

First slope

Solid

100

First Slope

Potential Energy Increases

100

Temperature

Quantifying how hot or cold something is

200

Water Melting Point

0C


200

Liquid

Have some movement, no shape, but has a volume

200

First horizontal line

solid to liquid

200

First horizontal line

Potential Energy becomes Kinetic Energy

200

Heat

the average kinetic energy of all the atoms

300

Average Room Temperature

23C

300

Gas

Free movement of atoms. No shape or volume

300

second slope

liquid
300

Second slope

Potential Energy is added

300

Thermal Energy

Energy something has based on the movement of molecules

400

Absolute Zero

0o K

400

Plasma

ionized gas

400

second horizontal line

liquid to gas

400
Second Horizontal Line
Potential Energy becomes Kinetic Energy
400

Kinetic Energy

Energy for movement

500

0o  C in Kelvin


273.15oK

500

Bows Einstein

No vibration or movement of atoms. 0oK

500

third slope 

gas

500

Third Slope

Added Potential Energy

500
Potential Energy

The energy available for use

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