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Physics - Thermodynamics

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What is the term for a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point?

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Which temperature scale is commonly used in the United States to measure how hot or cold something is?

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On which temperature scale does water freeze at 0 degrees and boil at 100 degrees?

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What is the name of the temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and has units the same as Celsius degrees?

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What is the term for the zero point of temperature, where molecular motion ceases?

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What is the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures called?

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What is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius?

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What is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching called?

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What is the process called where heat is transferred by the movement of a fluid?

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What is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves known as?

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Which material does not allow heat or electrons to move through it easily?

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What term describes forms of a liquid, solid, or gas?

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What is the change of a substance from one physical state to another called?

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What is the process called when a solid turns into a liquid?

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What is the process called when a liquid turns into a solid?

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What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?

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What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas at its boiling point?

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What is the process called when a gas turns into a liquid?

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What is the term for an increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased?

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What is a device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy called?

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What is an engine powered by fuel burned outside the engine called?

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What is an engine that burns fuel inside cylinders within the engine called?

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What is the process of improving the quality of a substance, often used in the context of engines?

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What is the process called when a gas turns directly into a solid?

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What is the process called when a solid turns directly into a gas?

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