Thermal Energy Vocabulary

Heat

• The energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules

• The transfer of energy through rays or waves

• A measurement of how dense something is

• A measurement of how hot or cold something is

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Temperature

• A measurement of how dense an object is

• Energy particles moving quickly

• Energy particles closely compacted together

• A measurement of how hot or cold something is

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Insulator

• A material that increases how much heat can go through it

• A material that heat moves through easily

• A material that cold moves through easily

• A material that limits how much heat can go through it

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Radiaton

• The transfer of heat through two objects that touch

• The transfer of heat by friction

• The transfer of heat by rays or waves

• The transfer of heat through the movement of water or gas molecules

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Dense

• Energy particles moving quickly

• Closely compacted together

• Atoms that are far apart from one another

• A measurement of how hot or cold something is

Heat Transfer

• Energy particles moving quickly

• Moving from one place to another

• Heat moving from a warmer object to a cooler object

• Heat moving from a cooler object to a warmer object

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Conduction

• The transfer of heat between two objects that touch

• The transfer of heat through the movement of molecules in a gas or liquid

• The transfer of heat through rays or waves

• The transfer of heat between objects that are separated.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Convection

• The transfer of heat by rays or waves

• The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in a liquid or gas in which warmer molecules rise and cooler molecules sink

• The transfer of heat through two objects that touch

• The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in a liquid or gas in which warmer molecules sink and cooler molecules rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Transfer

• Heat moving from a cooler object to a warmer object

• Energy particles moving quickly

• Moving from one place to another

• Closely compacted together

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Conductor

• A material that heat moves through easily

• A material that blocks heat from moving easily

• A material that limits how much heat can go through it

• A material that limits how much cold can go through it

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3