Heat Transfer Vocabulary

Front

What are waves that can travel through empty space?

Back

Electromagnetic waves.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Front

What is the movement of water or gas in convection called?

Back

Convection current.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

What is the transfer of heat from a warmer substance to a cooler substance through direct contact?

Back

Conduction.

Front

What is the total amount of kinetic energy contained in all the particles of a substance?

Back

Thermal energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

What is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

Back

Temperature.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred through a fluid (liquid or gas)?

Back

Convection.

Front

What do we call materials that allow heat to flow through them easily?

Back

Conductors.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Front

What is the term for materials that do not allow heat to flow through them easily?

Back

Insulators.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Front

What is the process of heat transfer through electromagnetic waves?

Back

Radiation.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Front

What is the term for the energy that is transferred from one object to another due to a temperature difference?

Back

Heat.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4