Lesson 11: Introduction — Thermal Energy
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Lesson 11: Thermal Energy
Lesson 11: Thermal Energy
In the last lesson, you learned about different types of energy. In this next lesson, you will learn more about how thermal energy works and some of the ways we use this form of energy.
In this lesson, you will:
- learn about how thermal energy works and how we use thermal energy
- learn about the connection between thermal energy and kinetic energy
- learn the connection between heat and temperature
- see how thermal energy can be transferred from one substance to another
- learn how heat is transferred through convection, conduction, and radiation
- learn how important heat transfer in nature is to our environment
Key terms for this lesson:
- conduction
- convection
- kinetic energy
- radiation
- thermal energy
- thermal expansion