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Chapter 10: heat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Temperature | a measure of how hot or cold something is. |
| heat | the transfer of energy between objects that are at different temperatures. |
| Thermal Energy | the total energy of the particles that make up an object. |
| conduction | the transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another. |
| conductors | a substance that conducts thermal energy well. |
| insulators | a substance that does not conduct thermal energy well. |
| convection | the transfer of thermal energy through a liquid or gas. |
| radiation | the transfer of energy throughmatter or space as eletromagnetic waves, such as visible light and infrard waves. |
| thermal expanssion occurs because... | of the increase in tempreture which leads to the increase in volume. |
| The temperature of a substance is not determind by... | the amount of the object you have. |
| a thermometer operates of the princiable of... | Thermal expanion |