Heat Energy Vocabulary

Energy that causes a change in temperature of materials

• heat energy

• circuit

• friction

• fire

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow

• friction

• insulator

• movement

• water

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Transfer of thermal energy 

(heat always moves from hot to cold)

Ex: Hot to Cold

• Temperature

• Heat Conductor

• Conduction

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Material that 

slows down the process of heat transfer

Ex: The wool sock

• Heat

• Insulator

• Radiation

• Heat Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Samuel and Abigail are comparing the thermal energy of two cups of coffee. How does the thermal energy of the coffee in the larger cup compare to the thermal energy of the coffee in the smaller cup?

• The coffee in the larger cup has less thermal energy than the coffee in the smaller cup.

• The coffee in the larger cup has more thermal energy than the coffee in the smaller cup.

• The coffee in the larger cup has the same amount of thermal energy as the coffee in the smaller cup.

• The exact volume of the coffee in each cup must be known to compare the thermal energy of the coffee.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Material that allows heat to transfer easily

Ex: Metal Spoon

• Radiation

• Convection

• Heat conductor

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Heat transfer by movement 

Key idea:  hot rises, cool fills the space

Ex: The heat goes in a loop within the soup pot

• Insulator

• Heat conductor

• Convection

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Transfer of heat through

space

Key idea: NO touching

Ex: Sunlight warms earth's surface 

• Insulator

• Radiation

• Heat

• Convection

a material, usually a metal, that transfers heat electricity or sound from one object to another

• Conduction

• Conductor

• convection

• evaporate

• friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

the transfer of heat by a movement in a liquid or a gas

• Conduction

• Conductor

• convection

• evaporate

• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4