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Energy Part 1
Term | Definition |
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thermal energy | Energy in the form of heat. |
convection | The transfer of heat through a fluid |
radiation | Transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |
conduction | The transfer of heat energy within an object, or between objects that are directly touching each other, due to collisions between the particles in the objects |
mechanical energy | Energy that an object has because of its motion or its position |
electrical energy | Energy of moving electrons |
absorption | The transfer of light energy transported by light waves to particles of matter. |
scattering | An interaction of light with matter that causes light to change its energy, direction of motion, or both. |
medium | A substance through which a wave can travel by vibrating particles in the material. |
infrared | Electromagnetic energy that has a lower frequency than visible light and is beyond the color of red on the light spectrum. |
infrared radiation | Waves of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths that are slightly longer than the wavelengths of red visible light |
ultraviolet | A type of electromagnetic radiation that has a higher frequency than violet light. |