Thermal Energy Amplify Vocabulary

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Energy can't be created or destroyed.

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True. This is known as the Law of Conservation of Energy.

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What is average?

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A number that summarizes a set of data by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the quantity of numbers.

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What is a system?

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A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total energy of all the particles of an object measured with temperature.

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What is temperature?

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A measure of the average speed of the molecules of a substance.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy that an object possesses due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact between materials.

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What is convection?

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The transfer of thermal energy 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.