Heat transfer Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation of energy
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed.
2
Q
heat
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Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperatures.Heat flows from hot to cold.
3
Q
heat transfer
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A Method by which heat flows.
4
Q
conduction
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Heat transfer whiten or between solid objects.
5
Q
convection
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Heat transfer into or out of fluids.
6
Q
Radiation
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Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space.
7
Q
Insulator
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A material through which energy cannot be easily transformed.
8
Q
Conductor
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A material through which energy can be easily transformed.
9
Q
Temperature
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The measure of the average speed of all particles.
10
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Thermal energy
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The total energy of all particles in an object.
