Heat and Thermal Energy Vocabulary review

A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.



A state of matter with no definite shape or volume

The temperature at which a liquid boils.

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.

The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects. 

The temperature scale on which water freezes at 32o F and boils at 212o F.

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

How hot or cold something is; a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance.

The temperature scale on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.

The temperature at which a liquid freezes.

The temperature scale on which water freezes at 0oC and boils at 100o C.

The temperature at which no energy can be removed from matter

The transfer of energy from electromagnetic waves

The form at which matter exists