unit 1 vocab

an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against each other

• collision

• conduction

• heat transfer

• liquid

what is conduction?

• the process in which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance

• the movement of heat from one substance or material to another

a process which involves movement of energy from one place to another

• molecular motion

• matter

• convection currents

• liquid

what is plasma

• a state of matter in which a substance becomes highly electrically conductive.

• the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves

a characteristic or trait that you can use to describe matter

• properties

• particles

the movement of heat from one substance or material to another

• model

• thermal energy

• heat transfer

molecular motion is...

• one of the extremely small constituents of matter

• the movement of constituent particles in a certain direction

liquid is...

• a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume

• a substance or object that is solid

• a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape

the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to perform work

• matter

• energy

• convection currents

• investigation

particles are...

• gas

• a minute portion of matter

• dust