Flash cards science
Thermal (Energy)
The total kinetic (motion) energy of tiny particles that make up matter. The faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes.
Temperature
The average kinetic energy of all the particles of material; is measured with a thermometer in degrees (usually Celsius or Fahrenheit).
Heat Transfer
The flow of thermal energy depending on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the temperature of the environment
Fahrenheit
Temperature scale used largely in the U.S, On which water freezes at 32 F and water boils at 212 F.
Celcius
The Celsius scale, also known as the centigrade scale, is a temperature scale. As an SI derived unit, it is used worldwide. In the United States, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands and Liberia, Fahrenheit remains the preferred scale for everyday temperature
Kelvin
the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius.
Conduction
Transfer of thermal energy by contact
Convection
Transfer of thermal energy by currents
radiation
Any form of energy that radiates outward from a source.
solid
A state of matter with definite volume and shape.
Liquid
A state of matter with a definite volume, but no definite shape.
gas
A form of matter with indefinite shape and volume.
conductor
Something that allows energy to pass through like wire, or copper.
insulator
Prevents the transfer of thermal energy
Conservation of energy
a principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one form to another.
