Heat Transfer Vocabulary

the total amount of kinetic energy contained in all the particles of a substance

• temperature

• thermal energy

• heat

• conductor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

• temperature

• convection

• heat

• insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The transfer of thermal energy between substances that are at different temperatures

• radiation

• convection

• insulator

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A substance that conducts heat readily

• insulator

• heat

• conductor

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A substance that does not transfer heat readily

• convection

• conductor

• insulator

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The transfer of heat from a warmer substance to a cooler substance through direct contact

• conduction

• conductor

• convection

• radiation

The transfer of heat in a fluid through currents

• conduction

• conductor

• insulator

• convection

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The movement of water or gas in convection

• convection

• convection current

• conduction

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• convection current

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Waves that can travel through empty space

• conductors

• conduction waves

• electromagnetic waves

• insulators

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3