heat transfer vocab Flashcards
1
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law of conservation energy
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energy cannot be created or destroyed only transformed
2
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heat
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thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. heat flows from hot to cold
3
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heat transfer
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a method of which heat flows
4
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conduction
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heat transfer within or between solid objects
5
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convection
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heat transfer into or out of fluids
6
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radiation
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heat transfer due to pocket of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty spaces
7
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insulator
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a material through which energy cannot be easily transoformed
8
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conductor
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a material through which energy can be easily transformed
9
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temperature
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the measure of average speed of particles
10
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thermal energy
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the total of all energy particles
