Heat Transfer

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What does high specific heat mean?

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It requires more energy to change temperature.

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What happens when hot and cold water are combined?

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Heat (thermal) energy from the hot water is transferred to the cold water.

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What is a material that does not allow heat to pass through it easily?

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Insulator.

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When measuring the temperature of hot soup, what are you measuring?

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The average kinetic energy of the particles in the soup.

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What kind of material allows heat to move through it easily?

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Conductor.

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Define heat transfer.

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The movement of thermal energy from one object to another due to a temperature difference.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

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What is convection?

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

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves.

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What is thermal equilibrium?

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The state in which two objects in contact reach the same temperature.