Energy
Vocabulary
Heat & Temperature
Heat Transfer
Thermal Properties
100
The ability to do work.
energy
100
When you rub hands together on a cold day, you use friction to convert...
mechanical energy into thermal energy
100
Heated air moves from floor vents to the rest of a room in a process called _________. 
convection
100
The law of conservation of energy states that when one form of energy is converted into another...
no energy is destroyed in the process.
100
The tendency of an object to increase in volume as it absorbs heat is called...?
Thermal Expansion
200
The energy associated with motion
kinetic energy
200
Which type of energy is stored?
Potential energy
200
The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
heat
200
What do you call a change from one form of energy into another.
an energy transformation
200
The amount of energy needed to raise 1 g of a substance by 1 degree celsius is called...?
Specific Heat
300
The total potential and kinetic energy of an object.
mechanical energy
300
What do you call the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom?
nuclear energy
300
Water boils at what temperature Fahrenheit and Celsius?
212 degree F

100 degree C

300
The total energy of all the particles in a substance.
thermal energy
300

Name, and give an example of, a material that does NOT conduct heat well?

 An insulator.... wood, rubber, plastic, etc.

400
A battery stores this form of energy
chemical energy
400
Visible light is an example of...
electromagnetic (EM) energy
400
75 degrees F would be equal to ______ degrees C?


(Round to the nearest 10th)

23.9 degrees C
400
What type of energy transfer occurs when heat is transferred from one particle of matter directly to another when the objects are touching.
conduction
400
The expanding of matter when it is heated is known as.

A conductor.... any type of metal (copper, gold, aluminum)

500
Moving water can be used to produce electricity because..
energy can be converted into other forms
500
Niagara Falls is a good example of _______ energy being transformed into __________ energy, and then transmitted to millions of people as ___________ energy.

potential energy  to  mechanical/kinetic energy  to electrical energy

500
90 degrees F would be equal to __________ Kelvins?


(Round to nearest 10th)

305 Kelvins
500
The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves is called?
radiation
500
Why does water take longer to increase in temperature that soil?
Water has a much higher specific heat than soil.
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