Heat Energy Vocabulary

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What is the term for a force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another?

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Friction

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What is the measurement that indicates how hot or cold something is?

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Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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What do we call a change in nature, form, or units, such as from solid to liquid?

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Conversion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is the process of heat transfer that occurs through electromagnetic waves without involving particles?

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Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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What is a material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily, such as metal?

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Conductor

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What is the term for the energy that is transferred from one body to another due to a temperature difference?

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Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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What is the principle called that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed?

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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What is the term for the transfer of heat through direct contact between materials?

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Conduction

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What is the term for the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids or gases)?

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Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

What is the specific heat capacity of a substance?

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of the substance by one degree Celsius.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4