Energy & Heat Transfer Flashcards

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Law Of Conservation Of Energy

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Energy cannot 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 heat flows
( conduction, convection,radiation)

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Conduction

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Heat transfer between solid object.

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Convection

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Heat transfer into or out of fluids.

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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.

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Insulator

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a material through which energy( electrical,thermal or sound) can not easily transferred.

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Conductor

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a material which energy ( electrical, thermal or sound) can be easily transferred.

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temperature

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the measure of the average speed of all particals.

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thermal energy

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the total energy in all particles in an object.

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