science vocab Heat Transfer Flashcards

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Law of Conservation Energy

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Energy cannot be created or be destroyed just transformed ( under conditions)

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Heat

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Thermal Energy that flows due to difference in temperature . Heat flows to cold

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Heat Transfer

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A method which heat flows ( conduction, convention, radiation

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Conduction

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Heat Transfer within or between solid objects.

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Convection

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Heat transfer into or out of fluids

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Radiation

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Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space

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Insulator

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A material through which energy (elec , thermal, or sound) cannot easily be transferred

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Conductor

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A material through which energy (elec, thermal, or sound) can be transferred easily.

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Temperature

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The measures of the average speed of all particles.

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Thermal Energy

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The total of all particles in an object

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