Thermal Energy Vocabulary

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What happens to particles as they heat up?

Back

They speed up.

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Anything that has volume and mass is called?

Back

Matter.

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called?

Back

Heat.

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What is kinetic energy?

Back

The energy of motion.

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What is convection?

Back

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler denser fluids.

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What is thermal energy?

Back

The total energy of all the particles in an object.

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What is conduction?

Back

The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

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What is radiation?

Back

The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.

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What is temperature?

Back

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

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What is a conductor?

Back

A material that allows heat to flow through it easily.