Thermal Energy Vocab

Transfer of heat between two objects in direct contact.

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Thermal Expansion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A material that conducts heat well.

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Thermal Expansion

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Law of Conservation of Energy

The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.

• Heat

• Specific Heat

• Temperature

• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A material that does not conduct heat well.

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Convection

• Conductor

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The scientific principle that energy is neither lost nor created.

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Radiation

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Thermal Expansion

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 Kelvin, which is equivalent to degree Celsius.

• Specific Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Temperature

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance that tells how hot or cold something is.

• Temperature

• Specific Heat

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The total kinetic energy and potential energy of all the particles of an object.

• Thermal Energy

• Heat

• Specific Heat

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4