social studies Flashcards
Pioneer
a person who explores and settles in an unknown area.
Frontier
the edge of the West, where few settlers lived.
Louisiana Purchase
land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that the United States bought from France in #1803
heat
the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures
thermal energy
the kinetic energy of a substance’s atoms
thermal conduction
the transfer of energy as heat through a material
thermal conductor
a material through which energy can be transferred as heat
thermal insulator
a material that reduces or prevents the transfer of heat
convection
the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas
radiation
the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
specific heat
the quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 k or 1 c in a specified way given constant pressure and volume
