Thermal Enerfy Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the y axis on a heating curve?
Temperature
Sloped lines show what?
That temp steadily increases
Horizontal lines represent what?
Phase changes
Horizontal lines show?
Constant temperature
The X axis on heating curve represents?
Thermal energy
What is the variable for heat calculations?
Q
What is the units for specific heat?
J/g*c
When heat exits a system we say that the reaction is
Exothermic
True or false, heat moves from warmer places to cooler places
True
What is the value for specific heat?
C
When heat is absorbed by a system the reaction is
Endothermic
what is the opposite of vaporization
Condensation
During a phase change what stays constant
Temp stays constant
Energy is measured in what?
Joules
What is the opposite of fusing
Melting
What is the state of matter in which atoms have the most freedom
Gas
The material that does not allow heat to travel easy is
Insulator
Energy associsated with energy is
Kinetic
How does a bimetallic strip work in a thermometer
Because of thermal expansion
During a phase change what stays constant?
Temperature
