Thermal Energy Vocabulary

What is conduction?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles in a fluid

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

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What is a thermal conductor?

• A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily

• A material that decreases in volume when the temperature is decreased

• A material that increases in volume when the temperature is increased

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What is heat?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles in a fluid

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

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What is temperature?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles in a fluid

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

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What is convection?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles in a fluid

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

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What is thermal contraction?

• A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily

• A decrease in a material’s volume when the temperature is decreased

• An increase in a material’s volume when the temperature is increased

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What is radiation?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles in a fluid

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

What is thermal equilibrium?

• The transfer of thermal energy between materials through direct contact

• The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material

• The condition under which two substances in physical contact with each other exchange no heat energy

• The transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

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What is a thermal insulator?

• A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily

• A material that decreases in volume when the temperature is decreased

• A material that increases in volume when the temperature is increased

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What is thermal expansion?

• A material through which thermal energy flows easily

• A material through which thermal energy does not flow easily

• A decrease in a material’s volume when the temperature is decreased

• An increase in a material’s volume when the temperature is increased