heat and temperature

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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed.

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What is temperature?

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object.

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What happens to the average kinetic energy of particles in an object if they begin to move quickly?

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The average kinetic energy increases and the object's temperature rises.

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What occurs when two objects with different temperatures are in contact?

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Heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler one until they both have an equal temperature.

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What is heat?

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The energy transferred between objects at different temperatures.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total kinetic 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 or gases).

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves.

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What is the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy?

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As temperature increases, the average kinetic energy of particles also increases.