Heat Energy Vocabulary

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

• temperature

• thermal energy

• heat

• transfer

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

how hot or cold something is; a measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance; the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance

• temperature

• thermal energy

• heat

• transfer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

To move from one person, place, or object to another without changing form.

• thermal energy

• heat

• temperature

• transfer

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

zero Kelvin; 0 K; the lowest temperature possible

• heat

• transfer

• absolute zero

• conduction

the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

• thermal energy

• heat

• absolute zero

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the expansion of matter when it is heated

• thermal energy

• absolute zero

• thermal expansion

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin, which is equivalent to 1°C.

• specific heat

• absolute zero

• thermal energy

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

• insulator

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

1. A material that conducts heat well. 2. A material that allows electric charges to flow.

• radiation

• conductor

• insulator

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• specific heat