Heat Transfer

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What is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking?

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Convection

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What is a measure of how hot or cold something is, specifically the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object?

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Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Front

What type of heat transfer is demonstrated when warm air rises and cool air sinks?

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Convection

Front

What are the three types of heat transfer?

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Conduction, Convection, Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

When you heat up an object, how do the particles in the object move?

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Faster

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred through direct contact between materials?

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Conduction

Front

What type of heat transfer does not require a medium and can occur in a vacuum?

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Radiation

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What is the term for the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder?

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Absolute Zero

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Front

What is the name of the device used to measure temperature?

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Thermometer

Front

What is the term for the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree Celsius?

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Specific Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4