Heat Transfer Vocabulary

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Temperature

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How hot or cold something is, a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance.

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Thermal Energy

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The total energy of the motion of all the particles of an object.

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Thermometer

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An instrument used to measure temperature.

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Heat

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The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature.

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Convection

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The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

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Conduction

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The transfer of thermal energy by touch.

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Convection Current

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The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.

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Radiation

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The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.