Energy and Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation of energy
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed
2
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Heat
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Thermal energy that flos due to difference in tempature. Heat flows from hot to cold
3
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heat transfer
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a method by which flows
4
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conduction
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heat transfer within or betwee 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
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insulator
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a material through which energy cannot be easilly trnsferred
8
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conductor
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a material through which energy can be eaasily transfeerd
9
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tempature
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the mesure of the averidge speed of ll particles
10
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thermal energy
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the total energy of all particles in an object
