Energy in Matter
What is thermal energy?
is energy due to moving particles that make up matter
How does heat move?
Heat is the transfer of thermal energy.
it is energy that is sent out in little bundles.
What is the best conductor?
metal
What two degrees of measuring temperature?
Celsius and Fahrenheit
What is conduction?
it is the transfer of heat energy by one thing touching another
Heat can not be moved in several ways.
True or False
False
A radiator heats the air by _____________.
convection
What is the difference in the meanings of heat and temperature?
the difference is in the movement of particles of matter
What is a conductor?
it is a material that readily allow heat to move
Name four objects that are conductors or insulators.
metal, wood, marble, and plastic
Temperature is a measure of the average ______________________________.
amount of motion of particles in matter
What is energy?
it is the ability to cause change or do work
it is a material that limits the amount of heat that passes through it
How does the sun warm your skin?
by radiation
it travels from one place to another
When a material has a high temperature, its particles move fast.
True or False
False
What is a convection current?
a pattern of flowing heat energy
What is the difference between a conductor and insulator.
a conductor heat moves and an insulator it passes through
Is marble an insulator or conductor?
insulator