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9th Grade
01/07/2013

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Calorie
Definition
the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of liquid water by one degree Celsius
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Condensation
Definition
the changing of gas, or vapor, to a liquid
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Conduction
Definition
the transfer o heat energy from atom to atom when vibrating atoms collide
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Convention
Definition
the transfer of heat by movement in fluids-gases and liquids- caused by differences in density within the fluids
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Crystallization
Definition
if solidification results in a solid with an ordered pattern of atoms
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Electromagnetic energy
Definition
type of energy that is radiated in a form of transverse waves from all matter not at absolute zero
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Electromagnetic spectrum
Definition
any model that shows the types of electromagnetic energy
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Energy
Definition
the ability to do work
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Heat energy
Definition
energy transfer from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature
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Mechanical energy
Definition
all the energy of an object or system not related to the individual motions of atoms
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Nuclear decay(nuclear fission)
Definition
the process by which unstable or radioactive atomic nuclei of elements, such as uranium and radium, split to from lighter element
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Radiation
Definition
the method by which heat is transferred via electromagnetic waves
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Solidification(freezing)
Definition
the changing of a liquid to a solid
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Specific heat
Definition
the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature one gram of any substance one degree Celsius
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Temperature
Definition
a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a body of matter
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Texture
Definition
roughness or smoothness of a surface affects the amount of electromagnetic energy absorbed
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Vaporization(evaporization)
Definition
the changing of a liquid to a gas, or vapor
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Wavelength
Definition
the distance from one crest of a wave to the next
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