Phase Changes
The transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
What is melting?
The variable for mass.
What is M?
The movement of heat by fluid such as water or air.
What is convection?
These are the units for mass.
What are grams?
The transition from a liquid to a gas without reaching the boiling point.
What is evaporation?
The transition from a liquid to a solid.
What is Freezing?
The variable for final temperature?
What is T?
The transfer of energy from object to object through touch.
What is conduction?
These are the units for temperature.
What is degrees celsius?
When you put a cold glass outside in the heat, this forms on the glass.
What is condensation?
The transition from a liquid to a gas at a substance's boiling point.
What is Vaporization?
The variable for change in temperature.
What is delta T?
What is thermal radiation?
These are the units for delta T.
What is degrees celsius?
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree C.
What is heat capacity?
The transition from gas directly to a solid.
What is deposition?
The variable for thermal energy/ heat?
What is Q?
Energy moves into the system.
What is endothermic?
These are the units for thermal energy/heat
What are Joules?
This property results in substances heating to a higher temperature more slowly.
What is high specific heat?
The transition from a solid directly to a gas.
What is sublimation?
The variable for specific heat.
What is C?
Energy moves out of the system.
These are the units for specific heat.
What are Joules per Gram Degree Celsius?
What is low specific heat?