Final Flashcards
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Solid
Rigid, fixed shaped, fixed volume, can not be squashed
Liquid
Not Rigid, fixed volume, no fixed shape, can not be squashed
Gas
Not rigid, no fixed volume, no fixed shape, can be squashed
Convection
process which a warm fluid moves from place to place caring thermal energy
Conduction
Transfer of heat substances touch
Radiation
The transfer of energy through electro waves
Melting
Solid to liquid
Freezing
Liquid to solid
Evaporation
Liquid to Gas
Condensation
Gas to Liquid
Sublimation
Gas to solid or solid to gas
boiling point for water
100 degrees celsius
Chemical Energy
Burning of wood and coal
Electrical Energy
electric dams make this energy
Geothermal Energy
Natural source from the Earth EX. Hot springs, digging into the Earth
Solar Energy
Energy from the sun, it is a clean unlimited source of energy
Wind
The energy of moving wind
Nuclear
Energy made by splitting an atom
By-products of thermal energy
Sulfur-dioxide, Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
Thermocouple
2 types of metal that is twisted together, when the wires are heated an electric current is generated. These are used in some switches
bimetallic strip
when the strip is heated one metal expands faster then the other which caused them to separate
recording thermometer
A bimetallic strip that’s connec
