Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer Vocabulary

The energy transfer through direct contact.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator

Material that does not transfer heat easily.

• Conductor

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator

Total amount of kinetic energy a substance.

• Conductor

• Thermal Energy

• Radiation

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Measurement of kinetic energy in substance.

• Conductor

• Thermal Energy

• Temperature

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Thermal energy transfer through electromagnetic waves.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Material that transfers heat easily.

• Conductor

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Transfer of thermal energy in liquids and gasses due to density and cause currents.

• Conductor

• Convection

• Radiation

• Heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Movement of thermal energy from warmer to cooler areas.

• Conductor

• Thermal Energy

• Heat

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4