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Academic vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Temperature | a measure of how hot or cold something is,specifically a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object. |
| Heat | the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures. |
| Conduction | the transfer of energy as heat through a material. |
| Thermal energy | the total kinetic energy of a substances atoms. |
| Radiation | the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. |
| Thermal expansion | an increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature of the substance. |
| Convention | the movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations can result in the transfer\ of energy as heat. |