Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
Law of Conversation Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed (under normal conditions).
Heat
Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold.
Heat transfer
A method by which heat flows (conduction, convection, radiation)
Conduction
Heat transfers within or between solid objects.
Convection
Heat transfers into or out of fluids.
Radiation
Heat transfers due to packets or energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space.
Insulator
A material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) cannot be easily transferred
Conductor
A material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred
Temperature
The measure of the average speed of all particals.
Thermal energy
The total energy of all particals in an object