Thermal Energy Vocabulary

A number that summarizes a set of data and that can be computed by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the number of numbers in the list

Average

When something becomes different overtime

Change

The moment went to objects, hit each other

Collision

The ability to make things move or change

Energy

A balanced date in which system is stable such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature

Equilibrium

Water that is underground

Groundwater

To reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

Infer

The energy that an object has because it’s moving

Kinetic energy

Anything that has mass and take up space

Matter

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way

Molecule

To make something safe to eat or drink by heating it

Pasteurize

A small part that is meant to show what the hole is like

Sample

When something says mostly the same overtime

Stability

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

System

A measure of how hot or cold something is

Temperature

The total kinetic energy of all the molecules that make up a sample

Thermal energy

To move from one object to another or one place to another

Transfer

A heating unit that stores and warm water

Water heater