Thermal Energy Vocabulary

thermal energy

• the total kinetic (motion) energy of tiny particles that make up matter; faster particles=warmer

• transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when 2 different substances touch

• transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by movement of fluids

• the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

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conduction

• the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

• transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by movement of fluids

• transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when 2 different substances touch

• energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures moves from warm to cool

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convection

• a cyclical motion occurs because the density of a fluid is related to its temperatue

• the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

• transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when 2 different substances touch

• transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by movement of fluids

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radiation

• energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures, moves from warm to cool

• the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

• transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by movement of fluids

• transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when 2 different substances touch

heat

• energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures, moves from warm to cool

• a cyclical motion occurs because the density of a fluid is related to its temperature

• the total kinetic (motion) energy of tiny particles that make up matter; faster particles=warmer

• energy can neither be created nor destroyed, energy just changes form

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convection current

• transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by movement of fluids

• the total kinetic (motion) energy of tiny particles that make up matter; faster particles=warmer

• a cyclical motion occurs because the density of a fluid is related to its temperature

• energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures moves from warm to cool

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Law of Conservation of Energy

• transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases, when 2 different substances touch

• energy can neither be created nor destroyed, energy just changes form

• energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures, moves from warm to cool

• the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

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temperature

• average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured by a thermometer

• energy can neither be created nor destroyed, energy just changes form

• the total kinetic (motion) energy of tiny particles that make up matter; faster particles=warmer

• a cyclical motion occurs because the density of a fluid is related to its temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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