Chapter 5 Vocab

The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up an object.

• Partial mechanical energy
• Thermal Energy

• Total potential energy
• Kinetic potential energy

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

• temperature
• pressure
• density
• volume

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The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves.

• radiation
• reflection
• convection
• conduction

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The transfer of thermal energy due to the collisions between particles.

• radiation
• convection
• friction
• conduction

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A material through which thermal energy flows quickly.

• Thermal Conductor

• Thermal Insulator

• Flux Capacitor

• Hot Stuff

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

• thermal movement
• heat

• temperature exchange
• cold transfer

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A material through which thermal energy flows slowly.

• Thermal radiator
• Thermal insulator
• Thermal conductor
• Thermal transmitter

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A decrease in a material's volume when the temperature is decreased.

• Dilation
• Expansion
• Thermal Contraction

• Thermal Compression

The amount of thermal energy it takes to increase the temperature of 1 kg of material by 1 ^oC.

• Specific heat

• Boiling point
• Heat of fusion
• Thermal conductivity

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

• Convection
• Absorption
• Reflection
• Conduction

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