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Vocab
science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conduction | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch |
| conductor | A substance that allows the flow of electrical charge or transfers thermal energy through matter |
| convection | Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids |
| energy | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system |
| heat transfer | The thermal energy exchange between two objects of different temperatures; energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer sites to cooler sites until all sites have reached the same temperature |
| kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| matter | anything that has volume and mass |
| states of matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas; also referred to as phases |
| radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles |
| system | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole |
| Temperature | Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit) |
| Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |