vocab test 2

Front

What is a device that converts electric energy into thermal energy?

Back

Heating appliance

Front

What is the term for an increase in a material's volume when its temperature increases?

Back

Thermal expansion

Front

What represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material?

Back

Temperature

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another?

Back

Convection

Front

What is the term for a decrease in a material's volume when its temperature decreases?

Back

Thermal contraction

Front

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

Back

Conduction

Front

What is the term for the energy that is transferred as heat between two objects at different temperatures?

Back

Thermal energy

Front

What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?

Back

Temperature

Front

What is the phenomenon where warmer air rises and cooler air sinks?

Back

Convection currents

Front

What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from a solid to a liquid?

Back

Heat of fusion