8th Grade Science Vocab Test Flashcards
The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Heat
The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another.
Conduction
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
Convection
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
How hot or cold something is; a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance; the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a
substance.
Temperature
The temperature scale on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
Kelvin Scale
The temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter.
Absolute Zero
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin, which is equivalent to 1°C.
Specific Heat
The expansion of matter when it is heated.
Thermal Expansion
