FurrowThermalEnergy Word Scramble
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term | definition |
temperature | the average amount of kinetic energy in the particles of a substance |
thermal energy | the total amount of energy in the particles of a substance |
heat | thermal energy that is moving |
conduction | thermal energy is transferred between two touching objects or substances |
convection | movement of thermal energy through currents in a fluid such as a gas or liquid |
radiation | movement of thermal energy in the form of waves |
conductor | a substance that allows thermal energy to pass into or out of it easily |
insulator | a substance that does not conduct heat well |
specific heat | the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one Kelvin |
vaporization | liquid state of matter becomes a gas |
evaporation | liquid state of matter becomes a gas at the surface of a liquid |
sublimation | solid state of matter skips the liquid phase to become a gas |
condensation | gas state of matter looses thermal energy to become a liquid |
thermal expansion | as thermal energy increases, the particles of a substance spread out causing this to happen |
bimetallic strips | two different metals are joined together, when heated one expands faster than the other causing the piece of metal to bend in a curve |
combustion | the process of burning a fuel |
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