Vocab Heat

The Transfer of thermal energy by particles moving through a gas or liquid

• Specific heat

• Convection

• Thermal Energy

• Conduction

The amount of heat necessary to raise one mass unit of a substance by one temperature unit.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Specific Heat

• Gasses

flow of particles in a fluid that occurs because of differences in temperature and density.

• convection current

• thermal radiation

• conduction

• thermal insulator

the total energy of a substance due to the movement or vibrations of particles.

• Thermal Energy

• Specific Heat

• Convection

• Gasses

the transfer of thermal energy by waves that can travel through air or even through empty space

• Thermal Insulator

• Liquids

• Thermal Radiation

• Conduction

transfer of thermal energy between particles of matter that are touching.

• Thermal Radiator

• Thermal Insulator

• convection

• conduction

Materials that are good conductors of thermal energy are called

• Thermal Radiators

• Thermal conductors

• Thermal Insulators

• Gasses

state of matter that has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape.

• Heat

• Liquid

• Gasses

• Particles

state of matter that has neither a fixed volume nor a fixed shape.

• Heat

• Liquid

• Gasses

• Conduction

Materials that are poor thermal conductors are called

• Thermal radiation

• conductors

• convection

• Thermal insulators