A fancy word for heat energy
What is thermal energy?
This state of matter holds its own shape and has a set volume
What is a solid?
turning a liquid into a solid
What is freezing?
Heat always moves this way
from hot to cold
Mass is the same, no particles are added or subtracted
Volume and density change- the particles actually spread out, causing volume to increase and density to decrease
This is what happens when heat is added to a substance
What is... the particles move faster and further apart?
This state of matter has no set shape or volume, and will fill any container its placed in.
What is a gas?
when particles rolling around slow down so much they start to vibrate in place
What is freezing?
what is cold?
What is 0*C and 100*C?
This is what causes particles to move closer together and slow down/the cause of thermal contraction
What is subtraction of heat?
The "macro" description of liquids... (shape and volume)
What is... liquids take the shape of their container and have a set volume?
On a hot day, water appears on the outside of a cold glass because...
What is... water vapor in the air condensed on the surface of the glass when the heat moved from the air into the cold glass
You place cake batter in a cake pan in the oven set at 350*F, and it sits there for 30 min. When you pull it out, what temperature is the cake, what temperature is the pan, and why?
What is everything is 350*F because of thermal equilibrium- heat will move from hot to cold until everything is the same temperature
Solid is always the most dense state, except for this substance
What is water?
This is the property that stays the same when objects expand or contract
What is mass?
the least dense state of matter
What is... a gas?
When you add heat to a liquid, this process is sped up
What is evaporation?
This explains why metals are better conductors
They have more free electrons
what causes a non-newtonian liquid to change from solid to liquid
What is pressure?
These are the properties change when objects expand or contract
What is volume and density?
the most dense state of matter
What is a solid?
(except for water)
Carbon dioxide is normally in the air around us. It has extremely low forces of attraction. It will freeze to a solid at -78*C. If you bring it up to room temperature, it will skip the liquid phase and _____.
What is sublimate?
You place an ice cube in a pan in a 21*C room, put the pan on a stove burner, and turn the burner on. Draw a diagram that shows all locations of heat transfer


burner to pan, burner to air, pan to ice, pan to air, air to ice
A sealed balloon has a volume of 5 liters. Then minutes later, the sealed balloon has a volume of 5.1 liters. What is the best explanation for why the volume of the balloon increased?
The volume of the balloon likely increased because heat energy was added to the balloon, causing the particles to push outwards on the balloon as they moved around more from their increased energy