Thermal Energy Vocabulary

Tiny organisms that are made of a single cell.

• energy

• matter

• bacteria

• temperature

The moment when two objects hit each other

• energy

• matter

• temperature

• collision

The ability to make things move or change

• energy

• matter

• temperature

• molecule

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

• matter

• equilibrium

• energy

• molecule

The energy that an object has because it is MOVING

• kinetic energy

• matter

• equilibrium

• stability

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• energy

• matter

• kinetic energy

• temperature

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• molecule

• energy

• temperature

• kinetic energy

When something stays mostly the same over time

• temperature

• matter

• energy

• stability

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• matter

• energy

• system

• temperature

A measure of how hot or cold something is

• matter

• temperature

• energy

• molecule