Energy & Heat Transfer Flashcards

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, just transferred (under normal conditions)

A

Law of Conservation of Energy

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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

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A method in which heat lows (conduction, convention, radiation)

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Heat Transfer

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Heat transfer within or between solid objects

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Conduction

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Heat transfer into or out of fluids

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Convection

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Heat transfer due to the packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space

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Radiation

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A material in which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) cannot be easily transferred

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Insulator

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A material in which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred

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Conductor

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The measure of the average speed of all particles.

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Temperature

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The total energy of all particles in all objects

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Thermal energy

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