Energy & Heat Transfer Flashcards
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, just transferred (under normal conditions)
Law of Conservation of Energy
Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold
Heat
A method in which heat lows (conduction, convention, radiation)
Heat Transfer
Heat transfer within or between solid objects
Conduction
Heat transfer into or out of fluids
Convection
Heat transfer due to the packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space
Radiation
A material in which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) cannot be easily transferred
Insulator
A material in which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred
Conductor
The measure of the average speed of all particles.
Temperature
The total energy of all particles in all objects
Thermal energy