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Science ch.9
Chapter 9 vocab./terms
Term | Definition |
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energy | the ability to do work |
kinetic energy | the energy of a moving object |
potential energy | the energy stored in an object |
conduction | the transfer of thermal energy between two substances that are touching or between two parts of the same substance |
conductor | a material that easily trasfers theremal energy or electricity |
convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the flow of liquids or gases |
heat | the transfer of thermal energy from warmer areas to cooler areas |
insulator | a material that does not easily transfer thermal energy or electricity |
radiation | the transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetci waves |
temperature | the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a substance |
thermal energy | the total kinetic energy of the particles of a substance |