heat Flashcards
law of conservation
Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transferred under normal situations.
heat
Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature, flows from hot to cold.
heat transfer
A method in which heat transfer, such as conduction, convection, and radiation.
conduction
Heat transfer in or between solid objects (they are in contact).
convection
Heat transfer into or out of fluids.
radiation
Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space.
insulator
A material through which energy can get through (thermal, sound, and electric) cannot be easily transferred.
conductor
a material through which energy can get through (thermal, sound, and electric) can easily pass through.
temperature
The measure of the average speed of all the particles.
thermal energy
The energy of all particles in an object.