1. 3 rd Grade Energy Vocabulary

2. What do we call thermal energy that moves without touching anything? ___________________________

3. Radiation

4. 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. ___________________

5. Convection

6. What do we call the movement of thermal energy? ______________________

7. Conduction

8. What do we call the ability to cause change? ___________________

9. Energy

10. What do we call the energy that moves particles in matter? ______________________________

11. Thermal Energy

12. What do we call the movement of thermal energy from one place to another? ____________________________

13. Heat

14. What do we call the force between two objects that tries to keep them from moving freely? ______________________

15. Friction

16. What do we call materials in which thermal energy cannot move easily? ________________________

17. Insulators

18. What do we call materials in which thermal energy moves easily? _____________________

19. Conductors

20. What are some ways that we use thermal energy? _____________________________________

21. What are some ways that we use thermal energy? CookingHeating our homes.

22. What do we call the tool that is used to measure temperature? ________________________

23. Thermometer