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Vocab 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Celcius | a unit of temperature |
| Temperature | a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point. |
| Calorimeter | a instrument used to measure changes in thermal energy. |
| Refrigerant | a fluid that vaporized and condense inside the building of heat pump. |
| Thermal expansion | the increase in volume of a material due to a temperature increase. |
| Conduction | the transfer of thermal energy overall transfer of matter. |
| Radiation | the transfer of energy by waves moving through space. |
| Thermodynamic | the study of conversion between thermal energy and other forms of energy |
| Waste heat | thermal energy that is not converted into work. |
| Conductor | a material that conducts thermal energy well |
| Insulator | conduct thermal energy poorly. |