2022 Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation energy
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energy cant be created or destroyed
2
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heat
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the thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature heat flows from hot to cold
3
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heat transfer
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a method by which heat flows CCR
4
Q
conduction
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heat transfer within or between solid objects
5
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convection
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heat transfer into or out of fluids
6
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radiation
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heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space
7
Q
insulator
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a material through which energy cannot be easily transferred
8
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conductor
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a material through which energy can be easily transferred
9
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temperature
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the measured average of all particles
10
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thermal energy
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the total energy of all particles in a object
