psychical science

Question 1

Thermal (energy)

Answer 1

Thermal energy is the internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules. The atoms and/or molecules of a hotter object have greater kinetic energy than those of a colder one, in the form of vibrational, rotational, or, in the case of a gas, translational motion.

Question 2

Temperature

Answer 2

the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

Question 3

heat transfer

Answer 3

Heat transfer, any or all of several kinds of phenomena, considered as mechanisms, that convey energy and entropy from one location to another.

Question 4

Fahrenheit

Answer 4

of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.

Question 5

Celcius definition

Answer 5

of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions.

Question 6

Kelvin

Answer 6

the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius.

Question 7

Conduction

Answer 7

the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.

Question 8

Convection

Answer 8

the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.

Question 9

Radiation

Answer 9

the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

Question 10

Solid

Answer 10

firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Question 11

Liquid

Answer 11

a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.

Question 12

Gas

Answer 12

a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

Question 13

Conductor

Answer 13

a material or device that conducts or transmits heat, electricity, or sound, especially when regarded in terms of its capacity to do this.

Question 14

Insulator

Answer 14

a substance that does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

Question 15

Conservation of Energy

Answer 15

a principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one form to another.

Question 16

matter

Answer 16

physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
“the structure and properties of matter”