Heat Transfer At Home
Heat Transfer At School
Vocabulary
Vocabulary (continued)
Thermal Insulator/Conductor
100
Putting your wet shoes on a floor vent to dry them faster
What is convection?
100
What is convection?
100
The transfer of thermal energy by direct contact.
What is conduction?
100
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
100
Yeti mug (travel mug)
What is a thermal insulator?
200
Using an electric blanket to get warm
What is conduction?
200
Ice cooling down the wrist you hurt during PE class
What is conduction?
200
The transfer of thermal energy in fluids or gas by the movement of currents.
What is convection?
200
The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material 1-degree celsius
What is the specific heat?
200
Heating element in an oven
What is thermal conductor?
300
Heat from a lightbulb
What is radiation?
300
Burning your hand while washing your hands in the bathroom
What is conduction?
300
The movement of thermal energy in a fluid (liquid or gas) based on its density is called.
What is a convection current?
300
A decrease in a material’s volume when temperature decreases
What is thermal contraction?
300
low specific heat
What is thermal conductor?
400
Warming your hands on a cup of hot chocolate
What is conduction?
400
the heat transferred from all the machines in the computer room
What is radiation?
400
The transfer or flow of thermal energy.
What is heat?
400
An increase in a material’s volume when its temperature increases.
What is thermal expansion?
400
high specific heat
What is thermal insulator?
500
Obtain an air popcorn popper. Place the popcorn kernels in the popper. Plug in / turn on popper. Hot air will transfer heat to the kernels, making them expand and pop.
What is convection?
500
A student's body after he has exercised in PE class
What is radiation?
500
The total mechanical (potential and kinetic) energy of all the particles in a sample of matter.
What is thermal energy?
500
Using the thermal expansion of the red liquid in a thermometer we are able to measure the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a substance. We are measuring ____________.
What is temperature?
500
Water
What is a thermal insulator?