Unit 6 Vocab quizziz (Science)

Front

Heat transfers from warm to cool via direct contact.

Back

Conduction

Front

Anything with mass and volume

Back

Matter

Front

Stored energy due to position or electrical stresses

Back

Potential energy

Front

Energy of motion

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

Molecules of different temperatures interact

Back

Thermal energy

Front

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Back

Law of conservation of energy

Front

Heat transfer occurs via molecular movement in fluids; warm air/water rises, cool air/water sinks.

Back

Convection

Front

Heat/energy is transferred through waves, like how the sun heats the Earth.

Back

Radiation

Front

Average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

Back

Temperature

Front

Easily transfers heat/energy

Back

Conductor