Thermal Energy Vocabulary

transfer of therma energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gass when 2 different substances touch

• thermal energy

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

the total kinetic energy of tiny particles that make up matter.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• thermal energy

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energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures, moves from warm to cool

• heat

• thermal energy

• convection currents

• conduction

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the transfer of energy by electromagnetic rays, may occur in empty space

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermal energy

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transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by the movement of fluids

• convection currents

• conduction

• convection

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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a cycling motion occurs because the density of a fluid is related to its temperature

• convection current

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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energy can ceither be created nor destroyed, energy just changes form

• convection

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• conduction

• thermal energy

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faster particles =

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average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured by a thermometer

• thermal energy

• heat

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What is enegry in movement?

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

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