Thermal Energy and Heat

The ability to do work or cause change

• speed
• job
• transfer
• energy

Energy is measured in units called.....

• pounds
• meters
• horsepower
• joules

_________________________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material.

• thermal
• friction
• temperature
• expansion

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The movement of thermal energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature is called ____________.

• thermal
• expansion
• temperature
• heat

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The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves is called

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• insulation

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A material that conducts heat poorly is called a(n)

• insulator.
• conductor.
• metal.
• radiator.

Heat is transferred from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter itself in a process called

• conduction.
• convection.
• radiation.
• insulation.

water boiling is an example of ____

• conduction
• radiation
• density
• convection

heat energy traveling through space is an example of _____

• convection
• density
• radiation
• conduction

heat always travels from _____ to ______ objects

• hot to cold
• cold to hot
• cold to cold
• hot to hot