Heat Transfer Vocab Practice

The flow of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

• heat
• temperature
• radiation
• conduction

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The energy an object has due to the motion of its particles; the total amount of kinetic energy of particles in an object.

• heat
• thermal energy
• conduction
• convection

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A measure of the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in the object.

• energy
• expansion
• temperature
• heat

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The process by which energy is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object by means of physical contact

• Thermal Energy
• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction

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The process by which energy is transferred in gases and liquids occurring when a warmer, less dense area of gas or liquid is pushed up by a cooler, more dense area of gas or liquid.

• Thermal Energy
• Radiation
• Convection
• Expansion

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Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves. 

• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Induction

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Materials that transfer energy easily.

• Conductors
• Insulators
• Heat
• Energy

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Materials that do not transfer energy easily.

• Insulators
• Conductors
• Energy
• Heat

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A response by molecules in a substance when heat is added

• Radiation
• Contraction
• Expansion
• Thermometer

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A response by molecules in a substance when heat is taken away

• Contraction
• Expansion
• Convection
• Conduction

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