Thermal Energy

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What is the process of heat transfer using electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

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What is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object?

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Temperature

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What type of electromagnetic waves are the warm energy that we feel from the sun, a fire, or a space heater?

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Infrared rays

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Temperature measures only the _____ of an object’s atoms or molecules, not the thermal energy.

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Kinetic energy

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In which state of matter do molecules move the slowest?

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Solid

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What is thermal energy?

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The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

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What is convection?

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The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids and gases).

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What is the difference between heat and temperature?

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Heat is the energy transferred between objects, while temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles.

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What happens to the molecules in a solid when it is heated?

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They vibrate faster and may eventually change to a liquid state.

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