vocabulary
Relating to heat
Thermal
What is Energy?
the ability to cause change
What is Thermal Energy?
The total kinetic energy of tiny particles that make up matter
name two insulators
glass, plastic, wood, rubber, paper, foam
What is temperature?
The average kinetic energy of all particles in a material
Energy that is transferred from one body to another as the result of a difference in temperature
Heat
Thermal energy that can transfer through empty space. Energy flows in the form of electromagnetic waves
radiation
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid and gas
Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids
Convection
Different ways matter can exist based upon kinetic energy.
States of matter
What is a thermal conductor?
A substance that allows the flow or transfers of thermal energy through matter
Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in matter when two substances of different temperatures touch
Conduction
What is Thermal Expansion?
The tendency of matter to change it's shape, volume, and density in response to a change in temperature
What is a thermal insulator?
materials that prevents heat from flowing through matter
A substance that has no fixed shape and is easily moved due to external pressure.
Fluid