Thermal Energy
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| temperature | the average amount of kinetic energy in the particles of a substance
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| thermal energy | the total amount of energy in the particles of a substance
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| heat | thermal energy that is moving
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| conduction | thermal energy is transferred between two touching objects or substances
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| convection | movement of thermal energy through currents in a fluid such as a gas or liquid
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| radiation | movement of thermal energy in the form of waves
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| conductor | a substance that allows thermal energy to pass into or out of it easily
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| insulator | a substance that does not conduct heat well
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| specific heat | the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one Kelvin
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| vaporization | liquid state of matter becomes a gas
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| evaporation | liquid state of matter becomes a gas at the surface of a liquid
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| sublimation | solid state of matter skips the liquid phase to become a gas
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| condensation | gas state of matter looses thermal energy to become a liquid
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| thermal expansion | as thermal energy increases, the particles of a substance spread out causing this to happen
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| bimetallic strips | two different metals are joined together, when heated one expands faster than the other causing the piece of metal to bend in a curve
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| combustion | the process of burning a fuel
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