Heat and Energy Transfer

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What are the three states of matter?

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Solids, liquids, and gases.

Front

True or False: Some stores of energy are Light, Heat, Motion, and Electricity.

Back

True

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What are the three ways heat energy can be transferred?

Back

Convection, conduction, and radiation.

Front

Which characteristic does not describe a gas?

Back

Definite shape and volume.

Front

How can heat energy be transferred by radiation?

Back

Through space or objects not in contact with one another.

Front

What is conduction?

Back

The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

Front

What is convection?

Back

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

Front

What is radiation?

Back

The transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves.

Front

Give an example of conduction.

Back

Touching a hot stove.

Front

Give an example of convection.

Back

Boiling water where hot water rises and cool water sinks.