Thermal Energy Transfer

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What is the measure of average kinetic energy of particles in a substance?

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Temperature

Front

What is the energy of motion called?

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Kinetic energy

Front

In thermal energy transfer through convection, what happens to warm air?

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Warm air rises and cold air sinks.

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy by movement of warmer and cooler liquids and gases called?

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Convection

Front

What type of heat transfer occurs when heat is directly transferred through a material?

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Conduction

Front

What is the transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

Front

What is the term for the energy stored in an object due to its position?

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Potential energy

Front

What happens to the temperature of a substance when it absorbs thermal energy?

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The temperature increases.

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred from one object to another through direct contact?

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Conduction

Front

What is the main method of heat transfer in fluids?

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Convection