Thermal Enerfy Flashcards
What is the y axis on a heating curve?
Temperature
Sloped lines show what?
That temp steadily increases
Horizontal lines represent what?
Phase changes
Horizontal lines show?
Constant temperature
The X axis on heating curve represents?
Thermal energy
What is the variable for heat calculations?
Q
What is the units for specific heat?
J/g*c
When heat exits a system we say that the reaction is
Exothermic
True or false, heat moves from warmer places to cooler places
True
What is the value for specific heat?
C
When heat is absorbed by a system the reaction is
Endothermic
what is the opposite of vaporization
Condensation
During a phase change what stays constant
Temp stays constant
Energy is measured in what?
Joules
What is the opposite of fusing
Melting