Thermal Energy
Energy that is transferred between objects due to a temperature difference between those objects
What is heat?
A repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space
What is a wave?
The accumulation of excess electric charge on an object
What is static electricity?
Energy that is stored.
What is potential energy?
This can be transferred from one object to another.
What is energy?
The unit of measurement used to measure energy
What is joule?
Matter through which a wave travels
What is a medium?
A material through which electrons move easily
What is a conductor?
Energy that an object has because of its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
When a car moves faster, it has more of this.
What is energy?
The transfer of thermal energy by collisions between the particles that make up matter (if you can touch it, then it's ____)
What is conduction?
The high and low points of a transverse wave
What is are crests and troughs?
A material in which electrons are not able to move easily
What is an insulator?
The energy that a roller coaster has at the top of a hill.
What is potential energy?
Three types of energy.
What are mechanical, electrical, and sound?
The transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movements if warmer and cooler fluid
What is convection?
A wave traveling in water has frequency of 250 Hz and a wavelength of 6.0 m. Find the speed.
What is 1500 m/s?
You measure the voltage difference of a circuit to be 5 volts and the resistance to be 1,000 ohms. Find the current
What is 0.005 amps?
The energy that a roller coaster has as it travels down a hill.
What is kinetic energy?
The number of waves that pass a given point in a period of time.
What is frequency?
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, such as light and microwaves
What is radiation?
Calculate the frequency of a water wave that has a wavelength of 0.5 m and a speed of 4 m/s.
What is 8 Hz?
The current through a circuit to be 0.0030 A. What is the resistance of this circuit if the voltage difference across the circuit is 12 V?
What is 4,000 ohms?
The combination of potential and kinetic energy
What is mechanical energy?
The distance between two crests or troughs in a wave.
What is wavelength?