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Kinetic and Potential Energy
Heat and Temperature
Thermal Energy Transfers
Thermal Energy Transformations
Misc.
100
When a ball is kicked, it is put in this.
What is motion?
100
This thermometer measures changes in the resistance of an electric circuit and converts this measurement to a temperature.
What is an electronic thermometer?
100
The transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collisions of particles.
What is conduction?
100
A device that regulates the temperature of a system.
What is a thermostat?
100
Thermal Contraction
What is a decrease in a materials volume when its temperature decreases?
200
Stored energy due to the interaction between two objects.
What is Potential Energy?
200
On this scale water freezes at 32 degrees.
What is the Fahrenheit scale?
200
The transfer of energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation.
200
The time you would turn on a furnace or heater on in your house.
What is winter?
200
Thermal Expansion
What is an increase in a material's volume when it's temperature increases?
300
Kinetic energy and Potential energy makes this.
What is mechanical energy?
300
This represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material.
What is temperature?
300
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another.
What is convection?
300
A heating appliance.
What is a device that converts electric energy into thermal energy?
300
A material in which thermal energy does not flow through easily.
What is thermal insulator?
400
When a ball is in the air, this attracts it to the Earth.
What is gravity?
400
The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
What is heat?
400
Only occurs in fluids, such as water, air, magma, and maple syrup.
What is convection?
400
A device that uses electric energy to transfer thermal energy from a cooler location to a warmer location.
What is a refrigerator.
400
This device compresses the coolant in a refrigerator.
What is an electric compressor?
500
When an object speed is measured this is taking place.
What is Kinetic energy?
500
The sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the particles that make up a material.
What is Thermal Energy?
500
A thermal conductor.
What is a material through which thermal energy flows easily?
500
Energy that naturally flows from warmer areas to cooler areas.
What is thermal energy?
500
A convection current.
What is the movement of fluids in a cycle because of convection.