Thermal, Kinetic, and Potential Energy
Kinetic energy is the energy an object or a particle has because it is _______.
What is moving?
pg. 197
Represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material.
What is temperature?
pg. 199
The transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collisions of particles.
What is conduction?
pg. 206
The air inside of a balloon does this when temperature increases.
What is increases?
pg. 208
Curling irons, coffeemakers, and clothes irons are examples of...
What are heating appliances?
pg. 215
This makes up a material.
What are particles?
pg. 198
True or False:
Thermal energy and temperature are not related.
False
pg. 199
What is low specific heat?
pg. 207
High temperatures can cause sidewalks to do this.
What is expand?
pg. 208
This becomes warmer as the inside of the refrigerator becomes cooler.
What is coolant gas?
pg. 217
Fast particles have this.
What is kinetic energy?
pg. 198
Degree at which water freezes.
What is 32 degrees?
pg. 200
Is the specific heat of water.
What is high?
pg. 207
This happens when a glass gets too hot.
What is crack or shatter?
pg. 209
Kitchen refrigerators, toasters, and ovens are all equipped with this.
What are thermostats?
pg. 216
The particles in this matter are slightly farther apart than in a solid.
What is liquid?
pg. 198
Three types of temperature scales.
What are Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin?
pg. 200
The electrons in atoms move easily in.
What is a thermal insulator?
pg. 206
Only occurs in fluids.
What is convection?
pg. 210
Controls a switch that turns a heating or cooling device on or off.
What are bimetallic coils?
pg. 216
Potential energy is when there is a ____ distance between particles.
What is great?
pg. 197
The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
What is heat?
pg. 201
Three things water's specific heat is good for.
What is keeping your body from overheating, car engines, and rock-cutting saws?
pg. 207
On Earth, convection currents move air between the equator and latitudes near _____.
What is 30 degrees North and 30 degrees South?
pg. 211
The three-step transformation of energy in a heat engine.
What is chemical-thermal-mechanical?
pg. 218