Flashcards: Spurlock - Temperature
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kspurlock1 on May 3, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 temperature | average kinetic energy of the particles in an object |
| thermometer | an instrument that measures and indicates temperature |
| absolute zero | the temperature at which molecular energy stops |
| Fahrenheit | temperature scale used in the U.S. |
| Celcius | temperature scale used around in the world and in scientific studies |
| Kelvin | temperature scale used in physics and based on absolute zero |
| 0 | temperature on the Celcius scale where water freezes |
| 100 | temperature on the Celcius scale where water boils |
| 32 | temperature on the Fahrenheit scale where water freezes |
| 212 | temperature on the Fahrenheit scale where water boils |
| hot to cold | the direction that heat/energy transfer always travels in |
| conductor | material through which energy can be easily transferred as heat |
| insulator | material through which energy transfers poorly |
| 273 | the temperature on the Kelvin scale where water freezes |
| 373 | the temperature on the Kelvin scale where water boils |
| specific heat | the amount of energy required to raise a substance's temperature |
| radiation | energy that is transferred as electromagnetic waves |
| conduction | transfer of heat through a material particle by particle |
| convection | transfer of heat through fluids |
| heat | energy transferred between two objects at different temperatures |
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