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thermal energy
thermal energy 6th grade vocab
Term | Definition |
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Thermal energy | sum of kinetic energy in all the particles in the substance. |
Solid liquid gas | States of matter, movement between governed by gaining or losing thermal energy |
Expand | Increasing the size by heating an object |
Contract | decreasing the size by heating an object |
Temprature | A measuare of the average kinetic energy of molecules in a subsance |
conductor | A substance's that transfers energy easily |
Insulator | A substance that doesn't transfer energy easily |
Conduction | heat transfer by molecules |
Convection | Heat transfer in a glass or liquid. Usually in currents |
radiation | heat transfer through space or electromagnetic waves |