Chapter 6

Question 1

measure of how hot or cold something is

Answer 1

temperature

Question 2

increase in size in response to an increase in temp

Answer 2

thermal expansion

Question 3

temperature at which molecular energy is at a minimum

Answer 3

absolute zero

Question 4

energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures

Answer 4

heat

Question 5

kinetic energy of a substances atoms

Answer 5

thermal energy

Question 6

transfer of energy as heat through material

Answer 6

thermal conduction

Question 7

material that can conduct heat

Answer 7

thermal conductor

Question 8

material that reduces or completely stops thermal conduction

Answer 8

thermal insulator

Question 9

transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas

Answer 9

convection

Question 10

transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

Answer 10

radiation

Question 11

quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 K or 1 C in a specified way given constant pressure and volume

Answer 11

specific heat

Question 12

physical forms of matter

Answer 12

states of matter

Question 13

change of a substance from one state to another

Answer 13

change of state

Question 14

substance that reduces the transfer if electricity heat or sound

Answer 14

insulation

Question 15

machine that transforms heat into mechanical energy, or work

Answer 15

heat engine

Question 16

temperature increase in a body of water that is caused by human activity and that has a harmful effect on water quality and on the ability of that body of water to support life

Answer 16

thermal pollution