Across
- 3. This is what occurs when the fastest particles leave the surface of a liquid
- 6. A type of motion characterised by a random walk
- 7. A theory of matter that explains almost all thermal properties as particles in motion
- 9. A type of thermal energy transfer that can occur in a vacuum
- 15. Particles in a solid do this about a fixed position
- 16. A change of state that occurs only at the surface of a liquid
- 17. A type of thermal energy transfer caused by density changes in liquids and gases
- 19. A measure of the amount of matter per unit volume
- 20. The only type of energy change that thermometers can detect
- 23. A type of energy that increases during a change of state
- 26. A liquid-in-glass is one example of this type of scientific instrument
- 27. Caused by particle collisions with the walls of a container
- 28. Describes the motion of particles in a gas
- 29. Not the most comfortable colour to wear for clothing in August
- 31. Lowering this makes laundry dry faster
- 32. Highly _______ surfaces are the worst kinds of emmiter or absorber
Down
- 1. Particles are closely packed but in an irregular arrangement in this state of matter
- 2. A process that turns a gas into a liquid
- 4. A type of thermal energy transfer that occurs in all three states of matter but dominates in solids
- 5. Observed when the spacing between particles gets larger with increasing temperature
- 8. A convection ________ in the North Atlantic Ocean transfers thermal energy from the equator to northern latitudes
- 10. The type of energy transferred between two locations which are at different temperatures
- 11. Particle collisions with the walls of a container become more of this when a gas is compressed at constant temperature
- 12. Air and water molecules are this when they collide with smoke particles or pollen. HG Wells wrote a novel called "The _________ Man"
- 13. Particle collisions with the walls of a container exert more of this when the temperature of a gas increases
- 14. Only occurs at a fixed temperature
- 18. A synonym of dull. The opposite reflective. The best absorbers and emitters ar this.
- 21. Does not change during a change of state
- 22. "A good emmitter is also a good ______"
- 23. A unit of Pressure and a seventeenth century French mathematician and scientist. One of these is the same as one Newton per metre squared
- 24. Part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is responsible for thermal energy transfers
- 25. A temperature scale based on the melting and boiling points of water at 1 atmosphere pressure
- 30. Temperature is a measure of the ______ kinetic energy of all the particles in a solid liquid or gas