Thermal Energy and Heat Flashcard

Front

What instrument is used to determine the specific heat of a substance?

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Calorimeter

Front

What is temperature most directly related to?

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Kinetic energy

Front

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

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Heat

Front

What is the sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of all of the particles that make up an object?

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Thermal energy

Front

What is the total energy of the particles that make up a system?

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Thermal energy

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 called when heat is transferred through direct contact?

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Conduction

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 heat in the form of electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

Front

What is the term for the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius?

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Specific heat