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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The reason that a ladel gets hot when it is in a bowl of boiling soup. | Conduction |
| The conversion of a substance from one physical form to another. | Change of State |
| The energy needed to change the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1 degree C. | Specific Heat Capacity |
| The Earth's atmosphere trapping thermal energy radiated by the sun. | Greenhouse Effect |
| The transfer of energy between objects that are different temperatures. | Heat |
| The TOTAL kinetic energy of particles in a substance. | Thermal Energy |
| The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a liquid or gas. | Convection |
| Excessive heating of a body of water | Thermal Pollution |
| A material that conducts energy well. | Conductor |
| A material that doesn't conduct energy well. | Insulator |
| A machine that uses heat to do the work. | A Heat Engine |
| The increase in volume due to an increase in temperature. | Thermal Expansion |
| The transfer of thermal energy through space. | Radiation |
| The measure of the AVERAGE kinetic energy of particles in an object. | Temperature |
| The lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale. | Absolute Zero |
| What are 4 states of matter? | solid, liquid, gas, plasma |
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