thermal Energy Flashcards
what is a conductor?
A material that transfers heat energy quickly or easily
What is a insolator?
Something that prevents or slows down heat energy transfer
what is thermal energy?
The total energy of all the moving particles of an
object
what is heat?
The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another
what is conduction?
The transfer of thermal energy when two objects of
different temperatures touch.
what is convection?
Heat transfer caused by the rising and falling of hotter
and cooler liquids or gases
what Is radiation?
The transfer of thermal energy by invisible waves, through air or even empty space
what is Thermal equilibrium?
When two objects in contact with each other
reach the same temperature
what is law of conversation?
energy that can’t be created nor destroyed.
