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100What is thermal expansion?
The spreading of molecules caused by heating a material.
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100What is from warmer to colder things?
Heat moves in this direction.
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100What is conduction?
The transfer of heat by touch.
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100What is energy?
The ability to do work.
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100What is kinetic (energy)?
The energy of motion.
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200What is Kelvin?
The unit used to measure temperature in the SI (Metric) scale.
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200What is thermal?
Another way to say heat.
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200What is radiation?
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
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200What is thermal (heat) energy?
Energy due to moving particles.
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200What is potential (energy)?
The energy of position.
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300What is temperature?
The scientifically accurate measurement of the average kinetic energy of a substance's particles.
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300What are places where heat was transferred (conducted) to?
The air, thermometer, beaker, hands, table, and materials touching the hot water in our investigation.
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300What is convection?
The transfer of heat by the circulation of a fluid (liquid or gas).
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300What is sound energy?
Energy caused by an object's vibrations.
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300What is potential energy?
Stored energy.
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400What is a (thermal) conductor?
Something like metal that moves heat (thermal) energy well.
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400What is the boiling point?
212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celcius, or 373 Kelvin.
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400What is conduction?
The type of heat transfer that took place during our heat investigation.
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400What is nuclear energy?
Energy that comes from changes in the nucleus of an atom.
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400What is gravitational potential energy?
Books on a shelf have this type of energy.
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500What is a (thermal) insulator?
Something like wood that does not transfer heat (thermal) energy well.
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500What is dense?
During convection, the particles that are heated most become less of this.
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500What is convection?
The type of heat transfer that occurs only in a fluid (liquid or gas).
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500What is chemical energy?
Energy that is formed when a compound changes its identity (atoms are rearranged).
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500What is kinetic energy?
A rolling bowling ball has this type of energy.
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