Topic B Thermal Energy Transfers Vocab Review
Across
- 8. The force per unit area exerted on a surface by particles colliding with it.
- 9. The transfer of thermal energy through a substance without the movement of the substance itself.
- 11. The total power radiated by a star or other body in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
- 12. The energy transferred between two bodies or systems due to a temperature difference.
- 14. The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.
- 15. A theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles that interact only when they collide elastically
- 18. An ideal object that absorbs and emits all radiation falling on it.
- 20. The amount of solar energy received per unit area at the top of Earth’s atmosphere per second.
- 23. The change from gas to liquid as thermal energy is removed.
- 24. The unit of heat / energy
- 25. A measure of an object’s ability to emit infrared energy compared to a perfect blackbody.
- 26. The direct change from gas to solid without becoming liquid.
- 27. The absolute temperature scale used in physics, where 0 K is absolute zero.
Down
- 1. ______________energy – The total energy (kinetic + potential) of all the particles in a system.
- 2. (Melting) – The process of changing from solid to liquid when thermal energy is added.
- 3. A general term for the phase change from liquid to gas, which includes both boiling and evaporation.
- 4. The change from liquid to solid when thermal energy is removed.
- 5. _____ heat The amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C (or 1 K).
- 6. The direct phase change from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state.
- 7. amount of substance that contains as many particles as there are atoms in 12 g of carbon-12.
- 10. Mass per unit volume, often used in conjunction with phase change and energy transfer.
- 13. A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
- 16. The theoretical lowest possible temperature, where particles have minimum internal energy (0 K).
- 17. The unit of power
- 19. _____ heat. Meaning "hidden." The energy absorbed or released during a phase change, without a change in temperature.
- 21. The fraction of incoming radiation that is reflected by a surface.
- 22. The transfer of heat through a fluid by the movement of the fluid itself.