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Heat Technology CHAPTER 10 GEORGIA STUDIES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Temperature | is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object. |
| Thermal expansion | An increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature of the substance |
| Absolute zero | the temperature at which molecular energy is at a minimum (0 K on the Kelvin scale or -273.16 °C on the Celsius scale) |
| Heat | the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures |
| Thermal energy | the kinetic energy of a substance's atoms |
| Thermal conduction | the transfer of energy as heat through a material |
| thermal conductor | a material through which energy can be transferred as heat |
| thermal insulator | a material that reduces or prevents the transfer of heat |
| convection | the movement of matter due to differences in density; the transfer of energy due to the movement of matter |
| radiation | the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |
| Specific heat | the quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 K or 1 ºC in a specified way given constant pressure and volume |
| states of matter | the physical forms of matter, which include solid, liquid, and gas |
| change of state | the change of a substance from one physical state to another |
| Insulation | a substance that reduces the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound |
| heat engine | a machine that transforms heat into mechanical energy, or work |
| thermal pollution | a temperature increase in a body of water that is caused by human activity and that has a harmful effect on water quality and on the ability of that body of water to support life |