SCIENCE Thermal Energy VOCAB

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What is energy that is stored?

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Potential Energy

Front

What measures the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

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Temperature

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What are atoms or molecules called?

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Particles

Front

What is a material that does not allow thermal energy to travel through it easily?

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Insulator

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy from matter at a higher temperature to matter at a lower temperature?

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Heat

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What is the energy of motion called?

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Kinetic Energy

Front

What do we call the energy that comes from the movement of particles?

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Thermal Energy

Front

What is the term for the ability to do work or cause change?

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Energy

Front

What is the process of heat moving through a material called?

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Conduction

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

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Temperature