Unit 10 Vocabulary Quiz

The ability to do work

• Energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• mechanical energy

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Transfer of thermal energy from one object to another b/c of difference in temp.

• temperature

• heat

• specific heat

• thermal expansion

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The increase in volume of a material due to a temp. Increase

• temperature

• heat

• specific heat

• thermal expansion

Measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point

• temperature

• heat

• specific heat

• thermal expansion

The amount of heat needed to raise the temp of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius

• temperature

• heat

• specific heat

• thermal expansion

An instrument used to measure changes in thermal energy

• thermal conductor

• Thermal insulator

• calorimeter

• convection

Material that conducts thermal energy poorly

• thermal conductor

• Thermal insulator

• calorimeter

• convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Material that conducts thermal energy well

• thermal conductor

• Thermal insulator

• calorimeter

• convection

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another

• Conduction

• Convection

• radiation

• convection current

Occurs when a fluid circulates in a loop as it alternately heats up and cool s down

• Conduction

• Convection

• radiation

• convection current

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3