Thermal Energy

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What is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter and its particles are at rest?

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Absolute Zero

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What are materials that do not transfer heat well called?

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Insulators

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What happens when you put ice in your drink to cool it down?

Back

Heat is transferred from the drink to the ice.

Front

What process transfers heat from the bowl of a metal spoon to its handle when placed in hot cocoa?

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Conduction

Front

On the Fahrenheit scale, what is the boiling point of water?

Back

212 degrees Fahrenheit

Front

What is thermal energy?

Back

The total kinetic energy of particles in a substance.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

Front

What is convection?

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The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids and gases).

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.

Front

What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?

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0 degrees Celsius.