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| temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles within an object |
| thermometer | a device that measures temperature |
| absolute zero | the temperature at which an object's energy is minimal |
| heat | the transfer of energy from the particles of one object to those of another object due to a temperature difference between the two objects |
| conduction | transfer of energy as heat between particles as they collide within a substance or between two objects in contact |
| convection | the transfer of energy by the movement of fluids with different temperatures |
| convection current | flow of a fluid due to heated expansion followed by cooling and contraction |
| radiation | transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
| conductor | material through which energy can be easily tranferred as heat |
| insulator | a material that is a poor energy conductor |
| specific heat | amount of energy transferred as heat that will raise the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1K |
