Thermal Energy

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What happens to molecules when matter goes from a gas to a liquid?

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The molecules contract and slow down.

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What is the measurement of kinetic energy of molecules?

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Temperature.

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What type of thermal energy transfer occurs when heat moves through a solid?

Back

Conduction.

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What type of material slows the transfer of thermal energy?

Back

Insulators.

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What type of thermal energy transfer occurs when you are warmed by the sun?

Back

Radiation.

Front

What is thermal energy?

Back

The total kinetic energy of all the molecules in a substance.

Front

What is conduction?

Back

The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact between materials.

Front

What is convection?

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The transfer of thermal energy through the movement of fluids (liquids and gases).

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What is radiation?

Back

The transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves.

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What is an example of a good conductor of heat?

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Metals like copper and aluminum.