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| When you transfer energy between objects due to a temperature difference between the objects |
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| The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of all the particles that make up the object |
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| The amount of material needed to raise the temp. of 1 kg of that material by 1 degree |
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| Transfer of thermal energy by collisions between the particles that make up matter |
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| The transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movements of warmer & cooler fluids |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves such as light and microwaves |
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| Forced Air Heating System |
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Most common type in the US
Fan blows warm air around the house and cool air returns to the furnace to be reheated |
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| Uses heating coils that turns electrical energy into thermal energy |
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| Sunlight can be used to heat a home by changing solar energy into thermal energy |
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| Building of heat and retains the energy until the next day |
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| Uses a solar collector to take the thermal energy and move it throughout the home |
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| Study of thermal energy, heat, & work |
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| States mechanical energy of a system in constant |
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| States energy spontaneously spreads from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration |
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Move energy from a colder area to a warmer area
Same as refrigerators but the process can be reversed |
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