Thermal Energy

Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch

• Convection

• Convection Current

• Conduction

• Heat

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids

• Convection

• Conduction

• Convection Current

• Heat

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A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid

• Convection

• Conduction

• Convection Current

• Heat

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The ability of a system to do work. Energy is required for changes to happen within a system

• Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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The transfer of energy from one object or substance to another

• Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy that is transferred between two objects of different temperatures. Energy will continue to move in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until reaching the same temperature.

• Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Heat

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy just changes form

• Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Heat

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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Measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles

• Temperature

• Thermal Energy

• Thermal Equilibrium

• Heat

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The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter. The faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes

• Temperature

• Thermal Energy

• Thermal Equilibrium

• Heat

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Thermal energy moves from warmer to cooler sites until both sites have reaches the same temperature

• Temperature

• Thermal Energy

• Thermal Equilibrium

• Heat

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