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Energy Unit Vocab
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Chemistry
10th Grade
03/19/2015

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Activation Energy
Definition
the minimum amount of energy needed to start a reaction
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Calorie
Definition
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of H2O by 1 degree Celsius
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Calorimetry
Definition
calculations that can be done based on the data from a calorimeter
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Condensation
Definition
when a gas or vapor becomes liquid - energy releasing process
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deposition
Definition
gas or vapor becomes a solid - without turning to a liquid first - energy releasing. Snowflakes and frost are water vapor that turns directly to ice
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Endothermic
Definition
chemical reaction where more energy is required to break the bonds and less energy is created when the new bonds form **
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Energy
Definition
the ability to do work or produce heat
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Enthalpy
Definition
the amount of heat in a system at a constant pressure
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Exothermic
Definition
reaction where more energy is released than is needed to break the chemical bonds
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heat
Definition
the form of energy that flows from warmer to cooler
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Heat of Fusion
Definition
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Heat of Vaporization
Definition
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Joule
Definition
the unit that measures heat and energy
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Kinetic Energy
Definition
energy of motion - the fizzing of the coke and mentos, the book falling to the ground
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Law of Conservation of Energy
Definition
"In any chemical or physical process - energy may change forms but it can not be created or destroyed"
PE+KE=constant
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melting
Definition
when a solid changes form to a liquid
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Potential energy
Definition
energy due to composition or position of an object - a book waiting to fall, or mentos waiting to have coke added
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product
Definition
the substance formed during the chemical reaction
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Reactant
Definition
the starting substance(s) in a chemical reaction
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Specific Heat
Definition
amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1 degree Celsius q=c x m x delta (change) in T (temperature)
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Sublimation
Definition
when a substance goes from solid form straight vapor/gas without becoming a liquid - opposite of deposition
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Temperature
Definition
the measure of the average kinetic energy in a sample of matter
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Thermometer
Definition
device that measures the presence or absence of heat
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Triple Point
Definition
the point on a phase diagram that represents the temperature and pressure where all three phases (solid, liquid, and gas) can all exist
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Vaporization
Definition
liquid changes to gas or vapor
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