click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Acdemic vocab
academic vocab
Question | Answer |
---|---|
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 temps |
conduction | the transfer of energy as through a material |
thermal energy | the total kinetic energy of a substance 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 |
convection | the movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations can result in the transfer of energy of heat |