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Thermal Energy Vocab
Thermal energy vocab
| 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 | Hat transfer caused cause 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 |
| Kinetic energy | Energy of motion |
| Matter | Anything that has volume or mass |
| States of matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: Solid, liquid, and gas, AKA phrases |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnet waves or subatomic particles |
| System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forcing 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 tiny particles that make up matter the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |