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Grade Science Ch. 4:
Heat Vocabulary
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Vocabulary in
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Science Ch. 4
Friction
Celsius
Heat
Insulator
Thermal Energy
Radiation
Conduction
Insulation
Temperature
Conductor
Convection
What do we call the measuring of how hot or
cold something is?
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Temperature
What do we call the metric scale for
measuring temperature?
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Celsius
What do we call the movement of heat
between objects that are touching each
other?
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Conduction
What do we call material used to slow the
movement of heat?
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Insulation
What do we call the form of energy that
moves particles of matter?
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Thermal Energy
What do we call the movement of thermal
energy from hotter to cooler objects?
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Heat
What do we call a force between two objects
that slows the objects and produces heat?
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Friction
What do we call an object that doesn’t
conduct heat well?
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Insulator
What do we call an object that heat can
move through easily?
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Conductor
What do we call thermal energy that moves
without touching anything?
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Radiation
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What do we call it when thermal energy from a heat source warms up
the air molecules around it and the hot air rises because the molecules
are less dense? The cold air around it is pushed out and down and a
cycle or current begins to flow and transfer heat.
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Convection
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