Thermal Energy (VCE SSCE Physics): Flashcards

What a thermometer measures

Sum of random potential & kinetic energies of atoms/molecules

From hotter objects to colder ones

Damage from too much thermal energy leaving skin

$T_{\text{K}} = T_{\text{°C}} + 273.15$

0 K; molecules have zero kinetic energy

Conduction, convection, radiation

Conduction

High-energy molecules escape liquid, removing energy

$Q = mc\Delta T$