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Thermal Energy
*7.8ABC Thermal Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of an object's particles |
| thermal energy | sum of the kinetic energies of all the particles that make up an object |
| thermal expansion | tendency of particles to spread out when the kinetic energy increases |
| conduction | transfer of thermal energy by direct contact of two objects or portions of matter |
| thermal conductor | substances that thermal energy can easily move through |
| thermal insulator | substances that thermal energy cannot move through |
| convection | a type of thermal energy transfer in which currents carry thermal energy from one part of the fluid to another |
| radiation | the process of thermal energy transfer by electromagnetic waves |
| hypothermia | condition caused by the loss of too much body heat |
| thermal equilibrium | state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature |
| law of conservation of energy | energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy just changes form |
| kinetic energy | form of energy that an object possesses due to its motion |
| heat | energy transferred from one object to another as the result of a difference in temperature |
| thermodynamics | branch of physics that helps to understand how heat and energy move and change |
| heat transfer | when warm things give their heat to cold things until they are all the same temperature |
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