Energy Transfer and Transformation

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What is heat?

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Energy transferred between two objects with varying temperatures, always transferring from warmest to coldest until the two objects have equal temperatures.

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What is temperature?

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object.

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What happens to kinetic energy when thermal energy increases?

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Kinetic energy would be increasing.

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work.

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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

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Energy is neither created nor destroyed.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total kinetic energy of all the particles in an object.

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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 and gases).

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.

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What is the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy?

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Potential energy is stored energy, while kinetic energy is the energy of motion.

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