Energy & 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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The thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. heat flows from hot to cold.
3
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heat transfer
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A method by which heat flows.
4
Q
conducton
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heat transfer within or between solid objects.
5
Q
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 though many substances, even empty space.
7
Q
insulator
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a material through which energy cannot be easily transferred.
8
Q
conductor
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A material through which energy can be easily transferred.
9
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temperature
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The measure of the average speed of all particles
