Heat and Matter
Changes in Energy
Energy Transfer
Waves
Properties of Light/Waves
100

If enough heat is removed from a liquid, the liquid will change into a

Solid

100

Energy of motion

Kinetic Energy

100

Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids and gasses when two substances of different temperatures touch

Conduction

100

The material through which waves travel

Medium

100

A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space

Light Energy

200

Energy that is shifted from warmer to cooler temperatures between two subsatnces

Heat

200

A state of matter with indefinite volume and shape

Gas

200

Movement of energy from one system to another

Energy Transfer

200

Waves of energy made by vibration

Sound waves

200

Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen

Transparent

300

The motion of atoms has a direct relationship with their

Thermal energy

300

The energy that is stored in an object

Potential Energy

300

Thermal energy that is transfered through empty space

Radiation

300

A rhythmic disturbance that moves through a medium or vacuum

Wave

300

Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object

Reflection

400

A measure of how much matter is present in a substance

Mass

400

A state of matter with definite volume but no definite shape

Liquid

400

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids

Convection

400

The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time

Frequency

400

The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see

Visible light waves

500

Anything that has volume and mass

Matter

500

A state of matter with Definite volume and shape

Solid

500

A substance that allows the flow of an electrical charge or transfer of thermal energy through matter

Conductor

500

Energy waves bending as they pass from one type of object to another

Refraction

500

Light of different wavelenghts looks like different ______ to humans

Colors