Thermal Energy Vocabulary

A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid.

• heat

• temperature

• convection current

• conduction current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The total kinetic energy of tiny particles that make up matter.

• thermal energy

• thermal conductor

• thermal insulator

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• all the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A material that energy might interact with.

• conduction

• convection

• medium

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A material that will slow down or stop thermal energy as it passes through it.

• thermalite

• thermal conductor

• thermal insulator

• thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids and gasses when two substances of different temperature touch.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• all the above

Convection

• The transfer of heat by rays or waves

• The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in a liquid or gas in which warmer molecules rise and cooler molecules sink

• The transfer of heat through two objects that touch

• The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in a liquid or gas in which warmer molecules sink and cooler molecules rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Conductor

• A material that heat moves through easily

• A material that blocks heat from moving easily

• A material that limits how much heat can go through it

• A material that limits how much cold can go through it

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Insulator

• A material that increases how much heat can go through it

• A material that heat moves through easily

• A material that cold moves through easily

• A material that limits how much heat can go through it

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The process by which thermal energy is transferred through a solid material without the movement of the material itself.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Evaporation