Thermal Energy Understood

A cook will use an oven mitt to pick up a hot pan because cloth is a(n) ________ and keeps the heat from their hand.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Light Transfer

• Heat transfer

Match the following vocabulary terms to the definition

• Heat

• Conductor

• DOES NOT allow thermal energy to pass (STOP)

• Thermal Energy

• Allows thermal energy to pass through (GO)

• Insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Which of the boxes shows the correct direction of heat transfer? Choose all that apply.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

This type of thermal energy transfer can take place in fluids (liquids & gases). Rising of warmer fluid and sinking of cooler fluid forms a current.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

This type of thermal energy transfer can take place in solids, liquids, & gases when two objects are touching.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Specific Heat

• Materials that do not conduct heat well.

• A material that conducts heat well,

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

• The expansion of matter when it is heated.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Convection

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

• A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

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