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Heat Transfer (6th)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy is the ability to be active or | Do work |
| The transfer of heat through a fluid or air by molecular motion | Convection |
| Warm air/fluid | Faster molecules; less dense |
| Cold air/fluid | Slower molecules; more dense |
| Conduction is the transfer of heat energy by the movement of particles in | Contact with each other |
| Heat transfer through electromagnetic waves | Radiation |
| The decrease in the volume of a substance caused by cooling (Matter becomes more dense) | Thermal Contraction |
| Matter increasing in volume in response to an increase of temperature through heat transfer (Matter becomes less dense) | Thermal Expansion |
| Thermal energy from a hotter source to a cooler substance | Heat |
| The energy an object has due to its' motion | Kinetic energy |
| The stored energy an object has because of its' position, or state | Potential energy |
| Heat ALWAYS transfers from | Hot to cold |
| When heat travels through an object's atoms speed up and spread out | |
| When two objects have the same temperature, they have the same motion of molecules | |
| Conductors | Copper, aluminum, water, gold |
| Insulators | Wood, Styrofoam, plastic, fiberglass, glass |