Chapter 16 Vocabulary

the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature

• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion
• specific heat

a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point

• temperature
• heat
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion
• specific heat

a temperature of 0 kelvins

• absolute zero
• heat
• temperature
• thermal expansion
• specific heat

the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases

• thermal expansion
• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• specific heat

the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius

• specific heat
• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion

instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change

• calorimeter
• heat
• temperature
• absolute zero
• thermal expansion

the transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter, within a material or between materials that are touching

• conduction
• thermal conductor
• thermal insulator
• convection
• convection current

a material that conducts thermal energy well

• thermal conductor
• conduction
• thermal insulator
• convection
• convection current

a material that conducts thermal energy poorly

• thermal insulator
• conduction
• thermal conductor
• convection
• convection current

the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another

• convection
• conduction
• thermal conductor
• thermal insulator
• convection current