Ch. 6 vocab. Keeling
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Temperature | A measure of how hot (or cold) something is (measure of the average KE) |
| Thermal Expansion | The increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in tempature |
| absolute zero | The lowest possible temperature (0 Kelvin,-273 C) |
| thermal energy | The total energy of the particles that make up an object |
| conduction | The transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another through direct contact. |
| conductor | A substance that consucts thermal energy very well |
| Insulator | A substance that does not conduct thermal energy very well |
| convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a liquid or a gas. |
| radiation | The transfer of energy through matter or space as electromagnetic waves. |
| specific heat | The amount of energy to change the temperature of 1kg of a substances by 1 C |
| change of state | The conversion of a substance form one physical from to another |
| Insulation | A substance that reduces the transfer of thermal energy. |
| Heat engine | A machine that uses heat to do work |
| Thermal pollution | one of the negative effects to excess thermal energy. |
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