Thermal Energy

What is an insulator?

• A material that increases heat.

• A material that reduces heat.

• A material that prevents the transfer of heat or energy.

• A material that allows energy to flow.

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Define what Cold is?

• That absence of temperature.

• When a person has no fever.

• Sickness that results in coughing.

• A measure of a low heat reading in a substance.

What is radiation?

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What is conduction?

• The transfer of heat across space.

• The transfer of heat energy between objects that are directly touching each other.

• An estimated measurement of heat or cold in outer space.

• Absolute zero cold.

The transfer of energy from one object to another, such as heat energy

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Transfer

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An object's mass divided by its volume; a measure of how many particles are packed together into a certain amount of space.

• Density

• Convection

• Temperature

• Cold

The metric temperature scale: Water boils at 100 degrees, and it freezes at 0 degrees.

The customary temperature scale in the United States: Water boils at 212 degrees and it freezes at 32 degrees.

A state in which opposing forces or temperatures are balanced.

• Radiation

• Equilibrium

• Stable

• Standard

What is the transfer of thermal energy

• Temperature

• Warmth

• Particles

• Heat

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