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PS CH6 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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temperature | measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object |
thermal energy | sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object is transferred by conduction convection and radiation |
heat | thermal energy that flows from a warmer material to a cooler material |
specific heat | amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material |
conduction | transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles in matter at a higher temperature and particles in matter at a lower temperature |
convection | transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluid from one place to another |
radiation | transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves |
insulator | material in which electrons are not able to move easily |
solar colector | device used in an active solar heating system that absorbs radiant energy from the sun |
thermodynamics | study of the relationship between thermal energy heat and work |
first law of thermodynamics | states that the increase in thermal energy of a system equals the work done on the system plus the heat added to the system |
second law of thermodynamics | states that is impossible for heat to glow from a cool object to a warmer object unless work is done |
heat engine | device that converts thermal energy into work |
internal combustion engine | heat engine that burns fuel inside the engine in chambers or cylinders |