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thermal energy vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conduction | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gasses when two substances of different temperatures touch |
| Conductor | A substance that allows the flow of electrical charge or transfer thermal energy through matter |
| Convection | Heat transfer caused 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 and mass |
| States of Matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solids liquids and gas; also referred to as fazes |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles |
| System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex goal |
| 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 the tiny particles that make up matter the faster the particles move the warmer the matter becomes the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |