Thermal Energy Vocab

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Heat transfer between two objects in contact.

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Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Material that conducts heat well.

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Conductor

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

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Type of heat transfer through fluid movement.

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Convection

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Transfer of thermal energy from warmer to cooler object.

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Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

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Material that does not conduct heat well.

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Insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

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Energy is neither lost nor created.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves.

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Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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Heat needed to raise 1 kg of material by 1 K (°C).

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Specific Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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Average kinetic energy measure indicating hot or cold.

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Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Total kinetic and potential energy of all particles in an object.

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Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4