| A | B |
|---|
| calorie | heat energy |
| condensation | phase change from gas to liquid |
| conduction | transfer of energy from atom to atom |
| convection | transfer of energy through fluids |
| crystallization | ordered patterned solid |
| electromagnetic energy | radiated energy |
| electromagnetic spectrum | a model of a variety of light energy |
| energy | ability to do work |
| heat energy | transfer from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature |
| mechanical energy | energy not related to motion of atoms |
| nuclear decay | unstable atomic nuclei split to form lighter elements |
| radiation | transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves |
| solidification | freezing |
| specific heat | amount of heat neede to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius |
| temperature | measure of average kinetic energy |
| texture | roughness or smoothness |
| vaporization | change liquid to a gas |
| wavelength | distance from 1 crest to another |
| sublimation | change from a solid to a gas |
| refraction | bent |
| reflection | bounced off |
| transmitted | passed through |
| absorbed | taken into |
| potential energy | stored energy |
| kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| Solar energy | electromagnetic energy |
| boiling point of water | 100 degrees Celsius |
| freezing point of water | 0 degrees Celcius |
| temperature scale used in science | Kelvin and Celsius |
| nuclear fusion | high heat and pressure inside a star to fuse the nuclei of different elements |
