| A | B |
|---|
| thermal energy | Heat energy |
| Thermodynamics | Study of thermal energy |
| zeroth law | Heat flows from an area of high concentration to area of low concentration |
| First Law of Thermodynamics | Energy and Matter cannot be created or destroyed |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | The universe continues to go from order to disorder or entropy |
| Third Law of Thermodynamics | Entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero is exactly equal to zero. |
| Heat source | The area from which heat comes |
| Heat sink | The area to which heat flows |
| radiation | Energy waves that move through the air |
| Convection | Heat transfer in fluids (liquids / gases) |
| Conduction | When heat source and heat sink are connected through matter. |
| Sea breeze | When cooler ocean air rushes toward land replacing the hot rising air above the land. |
| Land breeze | when the cool air over the land in the evening rushes toward the ocean, replacing the warmer air that has risen above it. |
| Combustion | When a fuel reacts quickly with oxygen giving off heat. |
| Temperature | The measure of how active molecules of a substance are. |
