Thermal Energy

Front

What is thermal energy that flows from a higher temperature to a lower temperature?

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Heat

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles in matter?

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Conduction

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by direct collisions of particles?

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Conduction

Front

What material is used to reduce the transfer of thermal energy from one place to another?

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Thermal insulator

Front

Which types of thermal energy transfer are primarily responsible for heating water?

Back

Conduction and convection

Front

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

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Temperature

Front

What is the process of heat transfer through fluids (liquids and gases) due to the movement of the fluid itself?

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Convection

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

Front

What is the specific heat capacity of a substance?

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of the substance by 1°C.

Front

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

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Law of Conservation of Energy