2022 Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards

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Law of conservation of energy

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energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed.

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Heat

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Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows hot to cold.

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Heat transfer

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A method by which heat flows.

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conduction

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Heat transfer within or between solid objects.

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convection

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heat transfer into or out of fluids

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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.

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Insulator

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A material through which energy cannot be easily transferred.

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conductor

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A material through which energy can be easily transferred.

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Temperature

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the measure of the average speed of all particles.

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Thermal energy

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THe total energy of all particles in an object.

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