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 transferred
2
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heat
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thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temp heat flows from hot to cold
3
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heat transfer
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a method by which heat flows ( conduction, convection,radiation)
4
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conduction
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heat transfers,within or between solid objects
5
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convection
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heat transfer into or out of fluids
6
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radiation
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Heat transfers, due to packets of energy called photos that can travel through many substances even empty space
7
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Insulator
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a material through witch energy cannot be easily transformed
8
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conductor
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a material through which energy can be easily transferred
9
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temp
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the measurement of the average speed of all particles
10
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thermal energy
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the total energy of all particles in an object
