Heat Basics
The total energy of all the particles in an object
What is Thermal Energy
Heat transfer when you touch a hot pan handle.
What is Conduction.
Your feet feel cold when you walk on a tile floor barefoot.
What is conduction
A material that allows heat to move through it easily.
What is a conductor
Energy you get from eating food.
What is chemical energy
The measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is Temperature
Heat transfer when warm air rises and cool air sinks.
What is Convection
Macaroni noodles boiling in a pot move in circles.
What is convection
A material that slows down the transfer of heat.
What is an insulator
Total energy of moving particles in an object that causes heat.
What is thermal energy
The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
What is Heat
Heat transfer from the Sun to Earth.
What is Radiation
You warm your hands by a campfire without touching the flames.
What is radiation
Metal spoons in soup heat up quickly because metal is a good ____.
What is a conductor
A swing moving back and forth shows a transfer between these two types of energy.
What are kinetic and potential energy
This is the tool we use to measure temperature.
What is a Thermometer
The circular motion in fluids caused by rising warm matter and sinking cool matter.
What is a Convection Current
Butter melting on warm toast.
What is conduction
Wool, rubber, and wood are all examples of this.
What are insulators
When a toaster heats bread, electrical energy changes into this.
What is thermal energy (heat)
When two objects at different temperatures reach the same temperature.
What is Equilibrium
The type of heat transfer that does NOT require matter.
What is Radiation
Hot air balloons rise because of this process.
What is convection
Why do most metal frying pans have a plastic handle?
What is because plastic is an insulator and keeps your hand from getting burned
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred. This is called the ____.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy