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Unit 2 Topic 2-3 sci
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Convection | Heat transfer caused by hotter less denser fluids and the fall of cooler denser fluids. |
| Energy | The ability of a system to do work required for changes to happen within a system. |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement by electromagnetic waves of subtonic particles. |
| Conduction | The transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids , liquids, and gasses when two substances of different temperatures touch. |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy of motion. |
| Conductor | A substance that allows flow and electrical change and transfers of thermal energy through matter. |
| Heat Transfer | A thermal energy exchange between two different objects of different temperatures. |
| Mass | A measure of how much matter is in a present substance. |
| States of matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience solid , liquid, and gas |
| Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (around motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter the faster the particles move the warmer the matter becomes |
| System | A group of interacting, or interdependent elements forming a complex hole. |
| Matter | Anything that has volume or mass. |
| Temperature | Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured by a thermometer in degrees.. |