Thermal Energy: Heat Transfer

A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance

• temperature

• heat energy

• heat transfer

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

• convection

• conduction

• temperature

• radiation

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

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• temperature

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

• convection

• conduction

• temperature

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures that moves continually in a predictable pattern, from a warmer site to a cooler site, until all sites have reached the same temperature

• heat

• convection

• radiation

• sun

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Law of Order

• Law of Energy

• Law of Convection Current

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• current

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

• convection

• temperature

• thermal energy

• fire

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The fireplace warming up your hands is an example of:

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• getting a tan

Burning your finger on a hot pan is an example of

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• conservation