Energy & Heat Transfer Vocabulary

Question 1

Law of Conservation of Energy

Answer 1

Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed.

Question 2

Heat

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Heat Transfer

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Convection

Answer 4

Heat transfer into or out fluids

Question 5

Radiation

Answer 5

Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through substance, even empty space.

Question 6

Temperature

Answer 6

The measure of average speed of all particles.

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 energy (electrical, thermal or sound) can be easily transferred.

Question 9

Thermal Energy

Answer 9

The total energy of all particles in an object.

Question 10

Conduction

Answer 10

Heat transfer within or between solid objects.