B2, S4 - Energy Transfer and Temperature Vocab

Energy
The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system.

Kinetic Energy
Energy of motion

Mass
A measure of how much matter is present in a substance

Matter
Anything that has volume and mass

Temperature
Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit)