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This is the second law of thermodynamics. This law states that heat naturally flows from higher temperatures to lower temperatures.

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Q: What name is given for the transfer of thermal energy from areas of high thermal energy to areas of low thermal energy?
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Which is the name given to any material that transfers thermal energy easily?

A thermal conductor.


Which is defined as the ability to transfer heat?

The transfer of thermal energy is done through the process of heating. You would need to have good conductors of heat so as to transfer thermal energy.AnswerThe term, 'thermal energy' is obsolete. The modern term is 'internal energy' and it describes the sum total of all the energies (e.g. due to the vibration of the molecules, etc.) associated with any given body.You cannot 'transfer' internal energy. Internal energy can only be increased or decreased.'Heat', on the other hand, is defined as 'energy in transit from a warmer body to a cooler body'.'Work' describes the process of converting one form of energy into another.The change of a body's internal energy is the difference between the work done on that body and the heat transfer away from that body.


Is heat given off by a light bulb chemical energy?

The heat given off by a light bulb is thermal energy. The light itself is electromagnetic energy. All chemical energy is potential or stored energy.


What type of radiant energy from the electromagnetic spectrum is given off by objects as they lose thermal energy to their surroundings?

infrared waves


What happens to the motion of molecules of matter when an object gains or loses thermal energy?

Increasing temperature means increased kinetic energy on the atomic or molecular level. Temperature of a given substance is the average kinetic energy of the particles of which that substance is composed.

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How is the thermal energy different from temperature?

Thermal energy is energy given off by a substance due to a reaction.


What energy was given off by the burning matchsticks?

it is thermal energy .


What type of energy is given off by wood burnig?

Thermal energy.


Which is the name given to any material that transfers thermal energy easily?

A thermal conductor.


What is the name given to energy with is being used?

thermal


Does coal have thermal energy?

Coal by itself lacks thermal energy, apart from what is given to it by its surroundings (e.g. the Earth--which gives everything on its surface thermal energy--warm air, or other nearby sources of heat).


Which is defined as the ability to transfer heat?

The transfer of thermal energy is done through the process of heating. You would need to have good conductors of heat so as to transfer thermal energy.AnswerThe term, 'thermal energy' is obsolete. The modern term is 'internal energy' and it describes the sum total of all the energies (e.g. due to the vibration of the molecules, etc.) associated with any given body.You cannot 'transfer' internal energy. Internal energy can only be increased or decreased.'Heat', on the other hand, is defined as 'energy in transit from a warmer body to a cooler body'.'Work' describes the process of converting one form of energy into another.The change of a body's internal energy is the difference between the work done on that body and the heat transfer away from that body.


The more particles a substance has at a given temperature?

the more thermal energy it has


Does thermal energy run on gasoline?

Gasoline can combusted and given out thermal energy but I suspect the questing ask about thermal energy plant. Thermal energy plant usually referred to Geothermal power plant or Solarthermal power plant. Geothermal plant run on the thermal energy from earth and Solarthermal run on the solar radiation transformed to heat. If the question ask for the latter then no, thermal energy plant doesn't run on gasoline.


Is temperature an element?

No, temperature is the amount of thermal energy in a given amount of a substance.


What happens to the gases given off during a supernova?

they produce thermal energy


The More particles a substance has at a given point the higher its temperature?

The more thermal energy it has