Energy Transfer
Thermal energy transfer in a fluid
What is convection?
The average kinetic energy of the particles
What is temperature?
? = Tf - Ti
What is Cp?
Stored Energy
What is Potential energy?
Transfers energy quickly or easily
What is a conductor?
Thermal energy transfer by touching
What is conduction?
Celcius, farhenheit, and kelvin
What units are used for temperature?
? = 9.8 m/s2
What is gravity?
The Energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
ALWAYS flows from hot to cold
What is thermal energy?
Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
The amount of energy needed to change the temperature of one kilogram of a substance one degree celsius or kelvin.
What is specific heat?
? = mgh
What is the equation for potential energy?
Elastic, Chemical, and Graviatatioal are all examples
What is potential energy?
The ability to cause change
What is energy?
Convection, Conduction, and Radiation are 3 Types
What is energy transfer?
0o Kelvin, all motion stops
What is absolte zero?
? = ½ mv2
What is the Kinetic Energy equation?
Joule
What is the unit for kinetic energy and potential energy?
Stored by height
What is gravitational potential energy?
Slows the transfer of heat and slows the 3 ways of energy transfer down.
What is an insulator?
Energy within the particles including PE & KE
What is thermal energy?
Q = m (triangle) T Cp
What is the thermal energy equation?
Springs or elastic bands
What is elastic potential energy?
A fluid with very high specific heat
What is water?