Heat Transfer Vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
Law of Conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be or destroyed just transformed.
Heat
Thermal energy the flows due to differences in temp. Heat flows from hot to cold.
Heat transfer
a method by which heat flows. (conduction, convection, radation)
Conduction
heat transfers within or between solid objects
Convection
Heat transforms into or out of fluids
Radiation
Heat transfer due to the packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space
Insulator
a material which through energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) cannot be easily transferred
Conductor
a material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred
Temperature
the measure of the average speed of all particles
Thermal energy
the total energy of all particles in an object
