Energy
stored energy that an object has because of its position or condition
What is potential energy?
Temperature is measured by this unit in science
Heat flows from _______ to _________temps.
What are warmer temperature to lower temperature objects?
Metals such as copper, silver and aluminum are good _________.
What are conductors?
Coal, crude oil, and natural gas are examples of these
What are nonrenewable resources?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
When a substances particles move faster and expand without changing states
What is thermal expansion?
The transfer or movement of thermal energy between substances
What is heat?
Substances that do not allow heat to move through them
What are insulators?
The most used fuel source
What is crude oil?
The energy an object has due to its motion
What is kinetic energy?
Thermal energy is determined by a substances temperature and _______.
What is mass?
What is radiation?
This type of heat is an important source of heat and light for the earth
What is radiation?
This fuel source is only used to generate electricity
What is nuclear?
The total sum of kinetic energy of the particles in a substance
What is thermal energy?
Higher temperature=__________.
What is higher thermal energy?
This energy transfer is the way solids are often heated
What is conduction?
Substances that allow heat to move through them are good ________.
A renewable resource used to create heat
What is wood?
The unit used to measure thermal energy
What is a calorie?
More mass= _________
What is higher thermal energy?
This heat transfer occurs in liquids and gases
What is convection?
When a warm substance transfers heat to a cooler substance that substance ______ thermal energy.
These cause extreme temperatures in outer space
What are the sun's radiation and lack of an atomosphere?