Energy vocab words Flashcards
What is Heat?
Heat is energy.
What is Temperature?
Temperature is a measure of how much heat there is.
What is cold?
Cold is the opposite of heat.
What direction does heat travel?
From hot to cold.
By what percentage does hypothermia therapy increase the chance of surviving a heart attack?
In a randomized trial of survivors of sudden cardiac arrest, patients treated with hypothermia had a favorable neurological outcome as compared with patients who maintained hypothermia.
What is the human body’s natural response to getting cold?
The thermonuclear ambient temperature for naked and resting humans is ca 27 degrees.
What animal does the video discuss that can survive being completely frozen?
What animal does the video discuss that can survive being completely frozen?
What is the longest period of time a heart, on ice, can last before being transplanted?
6 hours.
What term do we use for the frozen earth found underground in Alaska?
Permafrost is a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains permanently frozen throughout the entire year.
At what temperature does Helium liquefy?
-458°F
What do we call a substance that conducts electricity without resistance?
When a substance conducts electricity without any resistance, it is called a superconductor.
Who was D-Wave’s first buyer for a quantum computer?
Lockheed Martin Corporation
What name do we give billionths of a Kelvin?
It’s not possible thus far, to reach absolute zero though scientists have approached it.
What type of atoms do the engineers at MIT use to reach super-cold temperatures?
Atoms, with their much simpler structure, are much easier to chill.
What do we call the new state of matter that exists at billionths of a degree Kelvin?
absolute zero
