Thermal Energy Vocabulary

Energy due to motion

• potential energy 
• kinetic energy 
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

Stored in energy based on its position

• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

The total energy that acts on an object

• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

The sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up a material

• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

Represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material

• temperature
• heat
• thermal energy
• radiation

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• heat
• temperature
• thermal energy
• radiation

The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

• radiation
• conduction
• convection
• specific heat

The transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collisions of particles

• radiation
• conduction
• convection
• thermal energy

A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• thermal conductors
• thermal insulators
• conduction
• convection

A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily

• thermal conductor
• thermal insulator
• conduction
• convection