Chemistry: Heat Transfer Makeup

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What is a material that does NOT conduct heat well called?

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Insulator

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What happens to heat when you pick up a cold can of soda from a countertop?

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Some heat has been transferred from the counter to the soda.

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What is the principle that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed or transferred?

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Law of conservation.

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What is the total energy (kinetic & potential) of all the particles in a substance called?

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Thermal energy.

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In heat transfer, from where does heat always flow?

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From hotter substance to colder substance.

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What is the term for the transfer of heat through direct contact?

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Conduction.

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What is the process called when heat is transferred through fluids (liquids and gases)?

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Convection.

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What is the term for the transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation.

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What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

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Temperature.

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What is the specific heat capacity?

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.