Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer

What is thermal energy?

• Energy contained within a system responsible for its temperature due to the motion of the particles.

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

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How is thermal energy transferred through direct contact?

• Energy contained within a system responsible for its temperature due to the motion of the particles.

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

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What is convection?

• Energy contained within a system responsible for its temperature due to the motion of the particles.

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

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How is thermal energy transferred through waves?

• Energy contained within a system responsible for its temperature due to the motion of the particles.

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

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What is density?

• Measure of the mass per unit volume; degree of compactness of a substance.

• Measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms in a substance.

• Moving continuously through a closed system.

• Disturbance or oscillation that travels through space-time accompanied by a transfer of energy.