Heat Vocabulary

The energy of moving particles in matter.

• temperature

• thermal energy

• insulator

• conductor

The flow of thermal energy from warmer objects to cooler objects.

• heat

• thermal energy

• temperature

• conductor

A measure of how hot or cold something is.

• thermometer

• temperature

• heat

• insulator

Materials that allow heat to move through easily.

• insulator

• conductor

• thermal energy

• heat

Materials that do NOT allow heat to pass through easily.

• insulator

• conductor

• heat

• temperature

The more ______ an object has the warmer it feels.

• thermal energy

• conductor

• insulator

• temperature

The movement of thermal energy from warmer objects to cooler objects is ______.

• insulator

• temperature

• heat

• conductor

Jake used a thermometer to check the _______ outside.

• conductor

• temperature

• insulator

• thermal energy

Materials such as metal, glass, and ceramic allow heat to pass through easily, so they are ________.

• insulators

• thermal energy

• heat

• conductors

Materials such as rubber, wool, and plastic are materials that do not allow heat to pass through easily, so they are _________.

• heat

• temperature

• insulators

• conductors