Thermal Energy Transfer

Front

What is defined as a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter?

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Temperature

Front

What happens to particles as they cool down?

Back

They slow down

Front

Which example below is an example of radiation?

Back

The Sun heating the Earth

Front

What type of heat transfer takes place in liquids and gases?

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Convection

Front

Movements of water in a pot, molten mantle in the earth's crust and hot air rising in the atmosphere are examples of what?

Back

Convection

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred through direct contact?

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Conduction

Front

What is the term for the transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

Front

What is specific heat?

Back

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.

Front

What happens to the temperature of a substance during a phase change?

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The temperature remains constant while the substance changes state.

Front

What is thermal equilibrium?

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The state in which two objects in contact no longer transfer heat to each other.