Heat Transfer Vocabulary

Heat flows

• from hotter objects to cooler objects

• from cooler objects to warmer objects

• downhill with gravity

• very easily through insulators

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All matter made up of particles vibrating or moving is called

• Infrared radiation

• Kelvin Degrees

• Conservation of Energy

• Kinetic Theory of Matter

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The direct contact of substances transferring heat, for example, a person touching a hot pot on the stove

• convection

• Instigation

• conduction

• radiation

When heat transfer occurs with circular patterns inside liquids or gases, it is known as

• instigation

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

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This heat transfer occurs through vacuums and all states of matter.

• conduction

• convection

• instigation

• radiation

A device that controls the temperature in your house is called a

• speedometer

• cogeneration

• thermostat

• refrigerant

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The flow of energy from one substance to another

• temperature

• heat

• phase change

• specific heat

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A metal spoon heating up in a bowl of hot soup is an example of

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermostat

Feeling the hot air when opening the oven

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• temperature

Burning your tongue on a hot soup cup would be which of the following forms of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation