December Mid Term Test

Front

What is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree called?

Back

Specific Heat

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of currents in fluids called?

Back

Convection

Front

What type of high-energy electromagnetic radiation is similar to X-rays but has even higher energy?

Back

Gamma decay

Front

What is the smallest unit of matter?

Back

Atom

Front

What is the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough in a wave?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What is the process of energy transfer through direct contact called?

Back

Conduction

Front

What is the term for the amount of energy needed to change a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point?

Back

Heat of Fusion

Front

What is the term for the energy an object possesses due to its motion?

Back

Kinetic Energy

Front

What is the term for the energy stored in an object due to its position or arrangement?

Back

Potential Energy

Front

What is the principle that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed?

Back

Law of Conservation of Energy