Energy and States of Matter

Question 1

thermal energy

Answer 1

Thermal energy is the energy that is generated and measured by heat.

Question 2

kinetic energy

Answer 2

energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.

Question 3

heat

Answer 3

the quality of being hot; high temperature.

Question 4

temperature

Answer 4

the degree of internal heat of a person’s body.

Question 5

melting

Answer 5

becoming liquefied by heat.

Question 6

boiling

Answer 6

(for fresh water at sea level) at 212°F (100°C).

Question 7

evaporation (vaporization)

Answer 7

The difference between vaporization and evaporation is that vaporization is a transitional phase of an element as it changes from a liquid

Question 8

condensation

Answer 8

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Question 9

Freezing

Answer 9

below 32°F (0°C).

Question 10

solidifying (solidification)

Answer 10

the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

Question 11

condensation

Answer 11

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Question 12

sublimation

Answer 12

The process of changing from a solid to a gas without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. Carbon dioxide, at a pressure of one atmosphere, sublimates …

Question 13

deposition

Answer 13

the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.