List 2 Vocab Quiz- Thermal Energy

The direct transfer of heat from one sub- stance to another substance that it is touching.

• convection
• conduction
• radiation
• proportional

A variable that is not changed

• independent variable
• controlled variable
• dependent variable
• Conduction

The variable that is measured in an experiment (data)

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• controlled variable
• energy

The ability to do work or cause change

• heat
• proportional
• rate
• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.

• energy transfer
• rate
• absorption
• initial

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures

• energy
• heat
• conduction
• conductor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied. (What "I" change)

• controlled variable
• dependent variable
• independent variable
• energy

Having a constant relation in degree or number

• proportional
• heat
• rate
• ratio

A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.

• ratio
• proportional
• heat
• rate

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A comparison of two quantities by division

• ratio
• energy transfer
• conduction
• controlled variable