Chapter 5 Vocab

A decrease in a materials volume when temperature decreases.

• heat

• thermal conductor

• thermal contraction

• convection current

The movement of fluids in a cycle because of convection.

• heat

• thermal conductor

• thermal contraction

• convection current

A material through which thermal energy flows quickly.

• heat

• thermal conductor

• thermal contraction

• convection current

The amount of thermal energy it takes to increase the temperature of 1 Kg of material by 1⁰ C.

• temperature

• conduction

• specific heat

• convection

An increase in a materials volume when the temperature is increased.

• thermal energy

• radiation

• thermal insulator

• thermal expansion

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another.

• temperature

• conduction

• specific heat

• convection

The sum of the Kinetic energy and the Potential energy of the particles that make up an object.

• thermal energy

• radiation

• thermal insulator

• thermal expansion

The material through which thermal energy flows slowly.

• thermal energy

• radiation

• thermal insulator

• thermal expansion

The measure of the average Kinetic energy of the particles in a material.

• temperature

• conduction

• specific heat

• convection

The movement of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature.

• heat

• thermal conductor

• thermal contraction

• convection current