Energy and heat transfer Flashcards

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law of conservation of energy

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energy can not be created or destroyed just transformed(under normal conditions

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heat

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thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature heat flows from hot to cold

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heat transfer

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a method by which heat flows (conditions, convection , radiations

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conduction

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heat transfers within or between solid objects

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convection

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heat transfer into or out of fluid

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radiation

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heat transfers 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 though which energy (eletral, thermal , sound cannot be easily transferred

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conductor

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a material though which energy (eletral, thermal , sound can be easily transferred

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temperature

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the measure of the average speed of all partials

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thermal energy

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the total energy of all particles in a object

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