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Temperature is the average kinetic energy of an object's particles.
What is temperature?
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The ability to cause change.
What is energy?
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Thermal energy is the total kinetic energy of an object's particles.
What is thermal energy?
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Heat travels from warmer to cooler objects.
Which direction does heat travel?
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Heat is measured in calories and joules.
What is heat measured in?
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Degrees are equally spaced units between two points.
What are degrees?
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When one form of energy changes to a different form of energy.
What is an energy transformation?
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Electrical energy is the energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles.
What is electrical energy?
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Heat travels through conduction, convection and radiation.
What are three different ways that heat can travel through?
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Temperature is measured in degrees.
What is temperature measured in?
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Anders Celsius created the Celsius Scale.
Who created the Celsius Scale.
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Kinetic energy is a form of energy that is due to motion.
What is kinetic energy?
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The energy released during nuclear fission or fusion.
What is nuclear energy?
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Conduction is the transfer of heat from one object to another through direct contact.
What is conduction?
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The kinetic theory of matter states that all particles are constantly in motion.
What does the kinetic theory of matter state?
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit created the Fahrenheit Scale.
Who created the Fahrenheit Scale?
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Potential energy is a form of energy that is due to position, condition and chemical composition.
What is potential energy?
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Chemical energy is a form of potential energy. Foods and batteries are chemical energies.
What is chemical energy?
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Convection is the transfer of heat by the movement of a liquid or gas.
What is convection?
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The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
What does the law of conservation of energy state?
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William Thomson created the Kelvin Scale.
Who created the Kelvin Scale?
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Mechanical energy is the sum of the potential and kinetic energy of an object.
What is mechanical energy?
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Electromagnetic energy is transmitted through space in the form of electrical waves.
What is electromagnetic energy?
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Radiation is the transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
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A current in a fluid or gas that results from convection.
What is a convection current?