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KrodriguezScience4
Topic 4 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thermal energy | All the kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object |
| Heat | the energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object |
| Temperature | How hot or cold something is, a measure of the average energy of motion of particles of a subtance |
| Conduction | the transfer of energy from one particle to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact |
| Convention | a type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids (materials that flow) which can be solid, liquid or gas |
| Convection current | the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
| Conductor | a material that conducts heat well |
| Insulator | a material that does not conduct heat well |
| Specific heat | The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 KG of a material by 1 kelvin, which is equivalent to 1 degree Celsius |
| Thermal expansion | The expansion of matter when it is heated |
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