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Thermal Energy
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conduction definition? | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch. |
| Conductor definition (scientific meaning) | A substance that allows flow of electrical charge or transfers thermal energy through matter. |
| Convection definition? | Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids. |
| Energy definition? | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system. |
| Heat transfer definition? | The thermal energy exchange between two objects of different temperatures. |
| Kinetic energy definition? | Energy of motion. |
| Matter definition? | Anything that has volume or mass. |
| States of matter? | Solid, Liquids, Gases |
| Radiation definition? | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles. |
| System definition? | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole. |
| Temperature definition? | Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees |
| Thermal energy definition? | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter. |