Heat Transfer Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
Law of Conversation of Energy
A
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
2
Q
Heat
A
Heat flows from hot to cold
3
Q
Heat Transfer
A
A method by which heat flows
4
Q
Conduction
A
Heat Transfer within or between solid objects
5
Q
Convection
A
Heat transfer into or out of fluids
6
Q
Radiation
A
Heat transfer due of packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty.
7
Q
Insulator
A
A material through which energy CANNOT be easily transferred.
8
Q
Conductor
A
A material through which energy CAN be easily transferred.
9
Q
Temperature
A
The measure of the average speed of al particles.
10
Q
Thermal Energy
A
The total energy of all particles in an object
