Temperature
Types of Energy and Energy
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Instrument
100
temperature scale most commonly used around the world and by scientists
celsius scale
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the ability to cause change.
What is energy?
100
energy transferred from an object of higher temperature to an object of lower temperature
What is heat?
100
material that transfers heat very well
What is a conductor?
200
temperature scale most commonly used in the US
fahrenheit scale
200
a form of potential energy in which energy is released when bonds break and form ex. food
chemical energy
200
equal to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1 degree C
calorie
200
material that is a poor conductor of heat
What is a insulator?
300
equally spaced units between two points
degrees
300
energy of an object due to motion
What is kinetic energy?
300
takes place when energy changes from one form into another form
energy transformation
300
transfer of energy by direct contact
What is conduction?
400
measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles of an object
temperature
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energy due to position, condition, or chemical composition
potential energy
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states that all particles of matter are constantly in motion
kinetic theory of matter
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the total amount of kinetic particles in all of the particles in a substance
thermal energy
500
temperature scale most commonly used by physicists
kelvin scale
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sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy
mechanical energy
500
states energy is neither created nor destroyed
law conservation of energy
500
transfer of energy by movement of a liquid or gas
What is convection?
500
instrument used to measure temperature
thermometer
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