Thermal Energy Vocab (ESL)

__________ __________ = the kinetic energy of the atoms in an object

• vibration

• specific heat value

• thermal energy

__________ = the difference in the amount of heat between two objects

• temperature

• conduction

• heat

__________ = moving back and forth

• radiation

• vibration

• thermodynamics

__________ = an instrument to measure temperature

• convection

• thermal energy

• thermometer

__________ = the flow of energy; heat moves from high to low

• heat

• calorimeter

• specific heat value

__________ __________ __________ = how much energy is needed to make a material hotter

• specific heat value

• absorb

• vibration

__________ = a device to measure how much heat is produced

• conduction

• calorimeter

• insulator

__________ = thermal energy transferring from one object to another by touching

• thermodynamics

• entropy

• conduction

__________ = the transfer of thermal energy in a fluid

• convection

• thermometer

• reflect

__________ = thermal energy moving by electromagnetic waves

• heat

• absorb

• radiation