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A device used to measure the heat generated or absorbed by a chemical reaction or physical change
What is a calorimeter?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
What is potential energy?
After two hours a cup of coffee reaches this temperature
What is an equilibrium?
Microscopic energy
What is energy you cannot see?
A system that does not exhange matter but does exchange energy with its surrounding environment
What is a closed system?
The energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
Energy you can see
What is macroscopic energy>
The hotness and coldness of matter as related to the average kinetic energy of the molecules of the substance
What is temperature>
Electromagnetic waves given off by a source into the surrounding environment
What is radiant energy?
The transfer of energy from medium to another through direct contact
What is conduction?
The Earth's primary source of energy
What is the sun?
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature by 1 degree celsius
What is Specific Heat?
A system that exchanges energy with its surrounding environment
What is an open system
The bottom of a light bulb
What is a filament?
Energy produced as a result of moving electric charges
What is electrical energy?
Energy that is released
What is endothermic energy?
The internal energy of a system including the kinetic and potential energy of the particles
What is thermal energy?
A type of energy used to heat and provide electricity in homes and businesses
What is solar energy?
The energy in car engines and bicycles
What is mechanical energy?
The type of matter with the least attractive forces
What is gas?
Energy that is absorbed
What is exothermic energy?
Types of matter that take the shape of a container
What are liquids and gases?
The science that deals with the relationship between heat, density, pressure, and temperature of a substance
What is thermodynamics?
A type of matter with the most atrractive forces
What is a solid?