Vocab
Substance that allows the flow of energy through matter.
What is a conductor?
The state of matter in which convection takes place.
What are fluids?
Metals are considered this.
What are good conductors of thermal energy?
Radiation can take place in any medium, including ———-.
What is a vacuum?
Thermal energy travels from a ——- temperature to a ———- temperature.
What are higher and lower?
Anything that has volume and mass.
What is matter?
Hot air rises and is replaced by cool air. This continues as a cycle.
What is a convection current?
A test to find the best conductor used copper, wood, plastic, and paper. The winner was ————.
What is copper?
Radiation is the transfer of energy by the movement of ——————- .
What are electromagnetic waves? OR
What are subatomic particles?
When ice is heated, it’s ————- increases.
What is thermal energy?
The ability of a system to do work.
What is energy?
As water is boiled, bubbles appear because the rise in temperature causes ————- to increase.
What is kinetic energy?
In an experiment, 4 materials had the same starting temperature. After 10 mins., A had dropped by 3 degrees, B was still the same temperature, C had lost 10 degrees, and D had lost 4 degrees. Which was the best insulator?
What is material B?
Touching the hot handle of a pot transfers heat by radiation.
What is FALSE?
The factors that affect temperature and thermal energy in matter are ——-, ———-, and ———.
What are state, type, and amount of matter?
A group of interacting factors that form a complex whole.
What is a system?