science vocab Heat Transfer Flashcards
Law of Conservation Energy
Energy cannot be created or be destroyed just transformed ( under conditions)
Heat
Thermal Energy that flows due to difference in temperature . Heat flows to cold
Heat Transfer
A method which heat flows ( conduction, convention, radiation
Conduction
Heat Transfer within or between solid objects.
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 (elec , thermal, or sound) cannot easily be transferred
Conductor
A material through which energy (elec, thermal, or sound) can be transferred easily.
Temperature
The measures of the average speed of all particles.
Thermal Energy
The total of all particles in an object