Heat and Heat Transfer Crossword
Across
- 1. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a certain substance by 1 degree.
- 3. Radiant energy is in the form of these kinds of waves. Examples are microwaves, X-rays, visible light, etc.
- 7. Matter around us exists in three common _______.
- 10. Molecules in the gaseous phase are known as this.
- 11. A quantity proportional to the average kinetic energy of molecular translational motion.
- 12. Process of changing a gas to a liquid.
- 17. Change in phase from liquid to solid is known as this.
- 19. These are known as the best heat conductors.
- 20. Process of changing from a liquid to a gas but occurs BENEATH the surface of a liquid, causing bubbles to form.
- 22. The lowest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale.
Down
- 2. When temperature between two objects in contact reach the same temperature, we say the objects are in _______________.
- 4. Temperature scale used in the United States.
- 5. Temperature scale in which the gap between freezing and boiling is divided into 100 equal parts (called degrees).
- 6. Heat transfer that occurs through direct contact between two objects.
- 8. Change of phase from liquid to gas that takes place at the surface of a liquid.
- 9. Heat transfer method that occurs by currents in a fluid.
- 13. When the temperature of a substance is increased, its molecules move faster and normally tend to move farther apart, resulting in this.
- 14. Objects that delay the transfer of heat because they are poor conductors.
- 15. The energy that transfers from one object to another because of a temperature difference.
- 16. The grand total of all energies inside a substance.
- 18. The sun’s heat is transmitted through this method of heat transfer.
- 21. Temperature scale used in scientific research and is considered the SI scale.