Chapter 6 Thermal Energy Vocabulary Quiz

A device that converts electric energy into thermal energy

• Refrigerator

• microwave

• Thermal Energy

• Convection

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The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up material

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Thermal Energy

• Heating Appliance

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Represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up material

• Temperature

• Thermostat

• Heat Engine

• specific heat

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.

• Thermal Conductor

• Thermal insulator

• Heat

• Conduction

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The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

• Convection

• Heat

• Specific Heat

• Radiation

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The transfer of thermal energy between materials by the conclusions of particles

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Specific Heat

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A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• Thermal Conductor

• Thermal Insulator

• Specific Heat

• Thermal Expansion

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A material through thermal energy that does not flow easily

• Convection current

• Thermal Conductor

• Thermal Insulator

• Convection

The amount of thermal energy required to increase the temperature of 1 kg of a material by 1 C

• Specific Heat

• Heat

• Temperature

• Conduction

A decrease in a material's volume when its temperature decreases

• Thermal Conduction

• Thermal Contraction

• Convection

• Temperature

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