Energy
Energy is commonly defined as the ability to do this.
What is work?
This energy is calculated using this expression:
1/2mv^2
What is kinetic energy?
This is the name given to heat that released as a liquid cools into a solid.
What is the latent heat of fusion?
This SI temperature scale is defined using the melting and boiling points of water as 0 and 100.
What is Celsius?
This law states that heat can only flow from a hot object to a cold object.
What is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?
This is defined as the energy of motion at the macro level.
What is kinetic energy?
This energy is calculated using the product of these three quantities:
mgh
What is gravitational potential energy?
This is the name given to heat that is added to boil water to steam.
What is the latent heat of vaporization?
This occurs when a nucleus splits into two separate nuclei.
What is fission?
This law is the thermodynamic version of the law of conservation of energy.
What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics?
This is the energy stored in an object due to the motion of its molecules.
What is thermal energy?
This is represented by Q in the equation:
Q=mcDeltaT
What is heat?
This is the mechanism of heat transfer using a circulated medium such as air or water.
What is convection?
This is the measure of disorder, or chaos, in a system.
What is entropy?
This law states that two objects that are in thermal equilibrium with a third are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
What is the zeroeth Law of Thermodynamics?
This is the energy stored in an object due to its height above the ground.
What is gravitational potential energy?
This is represented by c in the equation:
Q=mcDeltaT
What is specific heat capacity?
This is the mechanism of heat transfer involving direct contact between objects.
What is conduction?
This occurs when two separate nuclei combine into a single nucleus.
What is fusion?
This law states that an object can never reach a temperature of absolute zero.
What is the 3rd Law of Thermodynamics?
This is the SI unit for energy.
What is the Joule?
According to this famous equation, this is just another form of stored energy:
E=mc^2
What is mass energy?
This is the mechanism of heat transfer that occurs at a distance without the use of a medium.
What is radiation?
This is the modern theory of heat that models heat as the kinetic energy of the molecules in an object.
What is the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Heat?
This law states that the disorder of a closed system can only increase.
What is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?