A Region Of Space That Contains No Matter

Question: Conduction

Answer: Thermal (heat) transfer by the contact (touching) of two objects

Question: Thermal equilibrium

Answer: When two objects are at the same temperature

Question: Radiation

Answer: Heat transfer through electromagnetic waves

Question: Wind

Answer: Caused by convection currents in the earth’a atmosphere

Question: Convection

Answer: Transfers heat by moving currents in the gases and liquids NEVER IN SOLIDS

Question: Thermodynamics

Answer: The study of how heat moves

Question: Insulator

Answer: Any material that resists the movement of heat through it

Question: Conductor

Answer: Any material that easily allows heat to move through it

Question: Vacuum

Answer: A region of space that contains no matter

Question: Solid

Answer: No convection can occur in this

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