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Thermal Energy Transfer Mo8-L6a: What is the Effect of Specif c Heat?

Lesson 5

Thermal conductor
In this topic, you will learn the following is a material through which thermal energy f ows
lessons: easily.
Mo.8 – L6a: What is the Effect of Specif c
Heat?
Mo.8 – L6b: What are the Processes that
Transfer Thermal Energy?

Mo8-L6a What is the Effect of Specif c Heat?

KEY CONCEPTS: Thermal insulator
1. What is the effect of having a small spacif c heat? is a material through which thermal energy does not
f ow easily.

Vocabulary A-Z

Let us learn some vocabulary

Radiation
s the transfer of thermal energy from one material to
another by electromagnetic waves.
Specif c heat

is the amount of thermal energy required to increase
the temperature of 1 kg of a material by 1°C.

Conduction
is the transfer of thermal energy between materials
by the collisions of particles.

Let’s Begin

How is thermal energy transferred?

Thermal energy is transferred in three ways.
1. by radiation
2. by conduction
3. by convection

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