Heat Transfer Vocabulary

Heat Transfer Vocabulary

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Physics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

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Richard Penland

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Heat Transfer

Back

The movement of thermal energy from one object or substance to another.

2.

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Conduction

Back

The process by which heat is directly transmitted through a substance.

3.

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Fluid

Back

A substance that has no fixed shape:

a gas or liquid.

4.

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Flow

Back

The movement of a fluid from one place to another.

5.

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Convection

Back

The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.

6.

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Front

Radiation

Back

The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization.

7.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

Back

A principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be transformed from one form to another.

8.

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Law of Conservation of Matter

Back

A principle stating that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.

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Isolated System

Back

A physical system that does not interact with its surroundings.