3rd Grade Science Ch. 4: Heat Vocabulary
Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Science Ch. 4 Friction Conduction Celsius Fahrenheit Heat Temperature Insulator Conductor Thermal Energy Convection Radiation Energy
What do we call the measuring of how hot or cold something is? ___________________________
Temperature
What do we call the metric temperature scale? ___________________
Celsius
What do we call the movement of heat between objects that touch each other? ______________________
Conduction
What do we call the customary temperature scale? ___________________
Fahrenheit
What do we call the form of energy that moves particles of matter? ______________________________
Thermal Energy
What do we call the movement of thermal energy from one thing to another? ____________________________
Heat
What do we call a force between moving objects that makes it hard for objects to move? ______________________
Friction
What do we call material that heat cannot move through easily? ________________________
Insulator
What do we call material that heat can move through easily? _____________________
Conductor
What do we call thermal energy that moves without touching anything? ___________________________
Radiation
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. ___________________
Convection
What do we call the ability to cause change? ___________________
Energy