Thermal Energy Basics
This is the form of energy that comes from heat.
What is thermal energy?
•Q: The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact.
•A: What is conduction?
•Q: The sun warming your face is an example of this type of heat transfer.
•A: What is radiation?
•Q: The tool used to measure temperature.
•A: What is a thermometer?
•Q: The type of heat transfer that happens through liquids or gases.
•A: What is convection?
•Q: Cooking eggs in a frying pan shows this type of heat transfer.
•A: What is conduction?
•Q: The direction in which heat always flows.
•A: What is from warmer objects to cooler objects?
•Q: The type of heat transfer that can happen through space or a vacuum.
•A: What is radiation?
•Q: The reason warm air rises and cool air sinks.
•A: What is convection?
•Q: The state of matter with the most thermal energy.
•A: What is gas?
•Q: The reason metal feels colder than wood, even at the same temperature.
•A: What is because metal conducts heat better?
•Q: A material used in homes to slow the transfer of heat.
•A: What is insulation?
•Q: This happens to the particles of a substance when it's heated.
•A: What is they move faster or spread apart?
•Q: This cycle moves warm and cool air in a circular motion in fluids.
•A: What is a convection current?
•Q: A vacuum thermos keeps liquids warm by reducing this type of heat transfer.
•A: What is conduction, convection, and radiation?