| A | B |
|---|
| energy | ability to do work |
| elctromagnetic energy | energy that is radiated in the form of transverse waves |
| wavelength | distance form one crest of a wave to the next crest |
| electromagnetic spectrum | model that shows the types of electromagnetic energy |
| texture | affects the amount of electromagnetic energy absorbed |
| heat energy | energy transfer from a region of higher temperatur to a region of lower temperature |
| dynamic equilibrium | a region loses and gains equal amounts of energy |
| conduction | tranfer of heat energy from atom to atom when atoms collide |
| convection | transfer of heat by movement in gases and liquids by density differences |
| radiation | method by which heat is transferred through empty space |
| mechanical energy | all energy of an object not related to individual motions of atoms and molecules |
| temperature | measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a body of matter |
| calorie | heat needed to raise one gram of liquid water by one degree Celsius |
| specific heat | heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of any substance one degree Celsius |
| solidification | changing of a liquid to a solid |
| crystallization | solidification making a solid with an ordered patterns of atoms |
| vaporization | changing of a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | changing of a gas to a liquid |
| nuclear decay | unstable or radioactive atomic nuclei of elements split to form lighter elements |
