Thermal Energy Vocabulary

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What is the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object?

Back

Thermal energy.

Front

What is defined as anything that has volume and mass?

Back

Matter.

Front

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

Back

Convection.

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch?

Back

Conduction.

Front

Does everything have thermal energy?

Back

True.

Front

What is the energy associated with the motion of particles in a substance?

Back

Kinetic energy.

Front

What is the energy stored in an object due to its position or arrangement?

Back

Potential energy.

Front

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

Back

Conduction.

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred through the movement of fluids?

Back

Convection.

Front

What is the term for the energy that is transferred from one object to another due to a temperature difference?

Back

Heat.