Chapter 14 Vocab

4. the change from the liquid to the solid state of matter.
5. the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
7. the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
8. a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid.
11. a material the conducts heat well
12. the temperature scale on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
13. a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance
16. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.
19. the transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
21. a material that does not conduct heat well.
22. the change from a gaseous state to liquid state of matter.
23. the change from the solid to liquid state of matter

1. the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
2. thermal energy that is transferred from matter at a higher temperature to matter at a lower temperature.
3. the change of state from a liquid to a gas
6. the temperature scale on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
9. the expansion of matter when it is heated
10. the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another by direct contact
14. the process that occurs when vaporization takes place inside a liquid as well as on the surface.
15. the physical change of matter from one state to another.
17. the process that occurs when vaporization takes place only on the surface of a liquid.
18. the temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
20. one of the three forms - solid, liquid, or gas - in which matter exists.