Physical Science Chapter 16 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a measure of the kinetic energy of the particles in an object
  2. 4. a heat engine in which the fuel burns outside the engine
  3. 5. A material that conducts thermal energy poorly
  4. 7. the transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter within a material or between materials that are touching
  5. 9. any device that converts thermal energy into work
  6. 12. a heat engine in which the fuel burns inside the engine
  7. 13. the transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another
  8. 14. a heating system that heats any rooms from one central location
  9. 16. thermal energy discharged into an area at a lower temperature without being converted into useful work
  10. 17. the study of conversions between thermal energy and other forms of energy
  11. 18. a device that uses work to transfer thermal energy from a colder area to a warmer area
  12. 19. instrument used to measure thermal energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change16.2
  13. 20. a temperature of zero kelvins
Down
  1. 1. the transfer of energy by waves moving through space
  2. 2. the increase in volume of a material when its temperature increases
  3. 6. the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius
  4. 8. a fluid that vaporizes and condenses inside the tubing of a heat pump
  5. 10. circulation of a fluid in a loop as the fluid alternately heats and cools down
  6. 11. the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature
  7. 15. a material that conducts energy well