Introduction to Energy
Temperature
Thermal Energy and Heat
Good Conductors
The Three Scales
100
Energy is the ability to cause change.
What is energy?
100
The kinetic theory of matter states all of the particles that make up matter are constantly in motion.
What is the kinetic theory of matter?
100
Thermal Energy is the total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance.
What is thermal energy?
100
It will happen when the hot chocolate conducts heat to the cold spoon.
What will happen if a person puts a cold spoon on a cup of hot chocolate?
100
98.6°
At what degrees Fahrenheit where body temperature stay.
200
Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
What are the two types of energy?
200
Temperature is a measure of average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object.
What is temperature?
200
Heat is the energy transferred from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.
What is heat?
200
Wood, paper, plastic foam, and other things.
What kind of things that insulators does not transfer heat.
200
20°C
At what degrees Celsius where room temperature stay.
300
Mechanical Energy is the sum of an object's kinetic energy and potential energy.
What is mechanical energy?
300
Absolute Zero is the temperature at which the motion for particle stops. Another name for absolute zero is 0K.
What is absolute zero?
300
Conduction is the transfer of energy as heat from one substance to another through direct contact.
What is conduction?
300
Metals and other things.
What kind of things that conductors transfer heat?
300
The Celsius scale is a temperature scale most commonly used around the world and often used by scientists.
What is the Celsius scale?
400
Energy transformation takes place when energy changes one form into another form.
Where does energy transformation take place?
400
Degrees are equally spaced units between two points.
What are degrees?
400
Convection is the transfer of energy as heat by the movement of a liquid or a gas.
What is convection?
400
Insulators are materials that does not transfer heat. It is a poor conductor of heat.
What are insulators.
400
The Fahrenheit scale is the scale most commonly in the United States for measuring temperature.
What is the Fahrenheit scale?
500
The law of the conservation of energy is that energy never be created or destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
500
Thermometer is an instrument when temperature is measured.
What is thermometer?
500
Radiation is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
500
Conductors are materials that transfer heat.
What are conductors?
500
The Kelvin scale is a temperature scale used commonly by physicists.
What is the Kelvin scale?
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