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| Revolution that started in 18th century, with the invention of the steam engine. |
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| Used to power trains, factories and water pumps for coal mines |
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| Heat transformations and motion of atoms |
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| use law of thermodynamics to develop new inventions, like engines, refrigerators, and other machines. |
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| the transfer of kinetic energy when particles collide |
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| the state in which the rate of energy flow between two objects is equal and the objects are at the same temperature. |
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| Energy transferred between two objects in contact with one another and always flows from the hotter object to the cooler object. |
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| A type of thermal energy transfer that occurs from the motion of fluid in liquid or gas that is caused by differences in temperature. |
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| The thermal transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves through the vacuum of space. |
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| The amount of energy that must be added to a material to raise the temperature of a unit mass by one temperature unit; is measured in J/kg*K |
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| The amount of heat required to change 1 kg of substance from a solid state to a liquid state at its melting point. |
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| The amount of heat required to change 1 kg of a substance from a liquid state to a gaseous state at its boiling point. |
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| First Law of Thermodynamics |
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| States that the change in thermal energy of an object is equal to the heat that is added to the object, minus the work done by the object. |
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| Second Law of Thermodynamics |
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| States that natural processes go in a direction that maintains or increases the total entropy of the universe. |
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| A device that continuously converts thermal energy to mechanical energy; requires a high-temperature thermal energy source, a low-temperature receptacle (a sink), and a way to convert the thermal energy into work. |
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| The name Seattle Seahawks ("Seahawk", another name for osprey) was selected on June 17, 1975 after a public naming contest which drew more than 20,000 entries and over 1,700 different names. The name "Seahawks" was submitted by 151 entrants, and Mary Hoolahan of Seattle, WA was selected the winner. The name originated from the Peninsula Highschool in Gig Harbor. |
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| A measure of disorder in a system |
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| The condition in which the net force on an object is zero |
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| A device that measures the temperature of an object. |
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| the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object |
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| a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions. |
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| the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius, and where zero is absolute zero, the coldest temperature possible. |
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| A device used to measure changes in thermal energy |
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| The point where a substance changes from a solid to a liquid. |
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| The point where a substance changes from a liquid to a gas. |
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| When the thermal energy of a substance changes, so that the the properties of it changes from a either gas, liquid, or solid, to another form. |
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| Uses mechanical work to remove thermal energy from an object. |
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| A refrigerator that can be run in two directions, both in and out. It always uses mechanical energy to transfer heat fro ma cold object to a warmer one. |
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