Thermal Energy Vocabulary (Part 1)

A number that summarizes a set of data and that can be computed by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the number of numbers in the list

• equilibrium

• average

• molecule

• thermal energy

When something becomes different over time

• infer

• collision

• change

• average

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The moment when two objects hit each other

• molecule

• equillibrium

• change

• collision

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature

• Equillibrium

• Thermal Energy

• Stability

• System

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

To reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

• Molecule

• Change

• Stability

• Infer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The energy that an object has because it is moving

• Thermal Energy

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• Average

• System

• Transfer

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

When something stays mostly the same over time

• Stability

• System

• Infer

• Change

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• Equillibrium

• Stability

• System

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A measure of how hot or cold something is

• Temperature

• Thermal Energy

• Transfer

• Kinetic Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4