Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary

Question 1

Law of Conservation of Energy

Answer 1

Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed ( under normal conditions.

Question 2

Heat

Answer 2

Thermal energy flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold

Question 3

Heat transfer

Answer 3

A method by which heat flows ( conduction, convection, radiation).

Question 4

Conduction

Answer 4

Heat transfer within or between solid objects

Question 5

Convection

Answer 5

Heat transfer into or out of fluids.

Question 6

Radiation

Answer 6

heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty spaces

Question 7

Insulator

Answer 7

A material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) CANNOT be easily transferred

Question 8

Conductor

Answer 8

A material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) CAN be easily transferred

Question 9

Temperature

Answer 9

The measure of the average speed of all particles

Question 10

Thermal

Answer 10

The total energy of all particles in an object