Thermo
Conduction, convection, radiation
Ohmsssss
Currents and Circuits
Vocab
100

The study of thermal energy

Thermodynamics

100

Besides heat, what other two things are needed for a fire to ignite?

oxygen and fuel

100

Electrostatic energy and sometimes called this

static electricity 

100

A device that uses electrical charge 

a load

100

This is the region around a magnet that produces a magnetic force

magnetic field

200

The second law of Thermodynamics states that the universe is always becoming less and less this...

ordered

200

The measurement of how active the molecules are in a substance is called what?

Temperature

200

What is the charge of electrons?

-

200

What is electricity?

Flowing electrons

200

These are tiny areas over a magnet that work as individual magnets 

magnetic domains

300

According to the 2nd law, how is heat transferred? 

Heat moves from hot to cold

300

How is radiant heat transferred?

By electromagnetic radiation 

300

This is a protective shield against the flow of electrons 

insulator

300

Circuit?


Parallel

300

What is this used to measure in physics?


Temperature

400

The first law of thermodynamic energy and matter can never be _____ or ______

created, destroyed

400

Heat that is transferred by warmer fluids moving to cooler regions is called this

convection

400

A light bulb requires 60V to function properly. If it is connected to a power supply of 120 A and functions properly, then what is the resistance of the light bulb?

0.5 ohms

400

This device is used to open or close a circuit

a switch 

400

 the transfer of kinetic energy from one medium or object to another

Heat

500

What particles are transferred in electricity and what is their charge?

electrons (-)

500

Heat is transferred this way when the heat source and heat sink are connected through matter (direct contact) 

Conduction

500

If each resistor has a value of 2Ω, how much current is flowing through the circuit? 


24A

500

This circuit has more than one resistor, and the electricity takes one path through the resistors. 


a series circuit 

500
average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

thermal energy