Thermal Energy: Vocabulary

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What is a material that allows thermal energy to pass through it easily?

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Thermal conductor

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What is a material that slows down or stops thermal energy as it passes through it?

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Thermal insulator

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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed.

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What is the transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves called?

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Radiation

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What is heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids?

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Convection

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What is the process called when heat is transferred through direct contact between materials?

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Conduction

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What is thermal energy?

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The total kinetic energy of particles in a substance.

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What is an example of a thermal conductor?

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Metals like copper and aluminum.

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What is an example of a thermal insulator?

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Materials like rubber, wood, and glass.

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What is the difference between conduction and convection?

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Conduction is heat transfer through direct contact, while convection is heat transfer through fluid movement.