The study of thermal energy
Thermodynamics
Besides heat, what other two things are needed for a fire to ignite?
oxygen and fuel
Electrostatic energy and sometimes called this
static electricity
A device that uses electrical charge
a load
This is the region around a magnet that produces a magnetic force
magnetic field
The second law of Thermodynamics states that the universe is always becoming less and less this...
ordered
The measurement of how active the molecules are in a substance is called what?
Temperature
What is the charge of electrons?
-
What is electricity?
Flowing electrons
These are tiny areas over a magnet that work as individual magnets
magnetic domains
According to the 2nd law, how is heat transferred?
Heat moves from hot to cold
How is radiant heat transferred?
By electromagnetic radiation
This is a protective shield against the flow of electrons
insulator
Circuit?
Parallel
What is this used to measure in physics?
Temperature
The first law of thermodynamic energy and matter can never be _____ or ______
created, destroyed
Heat that is transferred by warmer fluids moving to cooler regions is called this
convection
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
This device is used to open or close a circuit
a switch
the transfer of kinetic energy from one medium or object to another
Heat
What particles are transferred in electricity and what is their charge?
electrons (-)
Heat is transferred this way when the heat source and heat sink are connected through matter (direct contact)
Conduction
If each resistor has a value of 2Ω, how much current is flowing through the circuit?
24A
This circuit has more than one resistor, and the electricity takes one path through the resistors.
a series circuit
thermal energy