Thermal Energy Vocabulary Quiz

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

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

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

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• Conduction

• Convection

• Convection Current

• Radiation

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

• Thermal Energy

• Heat

• Conduction

• Convection Current

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• Heat

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit)

• Temperature

• Thermometer

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• Thermometer

• Thermal Energy

• Radiation

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4