Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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energy cannot be created nor destroyed, just transformed.
A
law of conservation of energy
2
Q
thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temp. heat flows from hot to cold.
A
heat
3
Q
a method by which heat flows
A
heat transfer
4
Q
heat transfer within or between solid objects
A
conduction
5
Q
heat transfer into or out of fluids
A
convection
6
Q
heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons
A
radiation
7
Q
a material through which energy cannot be easily transferred
A
insulator
8
Q
the measure of the average speed of all particles
A
temperature
9
Q
the total energy of all particles in an object.
A
thermal energy
