Matter
The amount of space matter takes up
Volume
What is stored energy?
Potential Energy
The SI measurement of thermal energy
Joule
internal evaporation in a liquid
Boiling
A liquid changing into a gas
evaporation
The amount of matter in an object
Mass
What is the energy of motion?
Kinetic Energy
Heat transfer through contact
Conduction
What is the tendency of a solid object to float in a fluid
Buoyancy
A gas changing in to a liquid
condensation
The ability to do work
Energy
What is the energy of visible light?
Radiant Energy
The heat required to change a given mass of a solid into a liquid without changing its temperature is heat of ________
fusion
Liquids that evaporate quickly
Volatile
A device used to measure altitude
Altimeter
The law that relates the force needed to deform a solid to the amount of deformation
Hooke's Law
The amount of disorder in a system
Entropy
Moving currents of fluid that transfer heat
Convection Currents
One way diffusion through a semipermeable membrane
Osmosis
When liquids turn to solid, they release thermal energy without changing temperature. This is called ________ heat
latent
The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard
Specific Gravity
Which law states that energy gained (or lost) by a system is lost (or gained by its surroundings?
first law of thermodynamics
The amount of heat needed to cause a unit rise in temperature of a unit mass of a substance
specific heat
Water that is being cooled stops contracting at what temperature?
4°C
What idea explains that molecules of an object move faster as the object is heated?
Kinetic Theory of Matter