Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
law of conservation energy
energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed ( under normal condition)
heat
thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold
heat transfer
a method by which heat flows( conduction,convection, radiation)
conduction
heat transfer within or between solid objects
radiation
heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space.
insulator
a material through which energy ( electrical, thermal. or sound) cannot be easily transformed
conductor
a material which energy (electrical , thermal or sound) can be easily transferred.
temperature
The measure of the average speed of all particles
thermal energy
the total energy of all particles in all object
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