U3M1 Vocabulary

Imagine you are building a house in a cold region. Which material would you use for the walls so that thermal energy does NOT flow easily?

• a thermal conductor

• a thermal contractor

• a thermal insulator

• a thermal condenser

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

An amount, this is how much thermal energy that is transferred from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal equillibrium

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

an increase in a material's volume when temperature is increased

• thermal equillibrium

• thermal expansion

• thermal contraction

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a system that exchanges matter or energy with the environment (its surroundings)

• thermal conductor

• thermal insulator

• closed system

• open system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

movement in all directions and at different speeds

• diffusion

• random motion

• thermal equillibrium

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

energy due to motion

• temperature

• potential energy

• heat

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the object that provides energy for energy transfer

• open system

• receiver object

• specific heat

• source object

the transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material

• kinetic energy

• heat

• temperature

• thermodynamics

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the object that gains energy from the energy transfer

• closed system

• source object

• receiver object

• angry goat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5