Energy & Heat Transfer — Chapter overview · Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy, Grade 8
Trace energy transfers and transformations and investigate how thermal energy moves.
Chapter question
Where does energy go, and how can we control its transfer?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 7.1 · Kinetic & Potential Energy
I can calculate kinetic energy using KE = ½mv².
- Unit 7.2 · Energy Transfer & Transformation
I can identify different forms of energy, including mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical, and light energy.
- Unit 7.3 · Thermal Energy & Heat Transfer
I can describe conduction, convection, and radiation as three methods of heat transfer.
- Unit 7.4 · Conservation of Energy
I can state the law of conservation of energy.
- Unit 7.5 · Electricity & Simple Circuits
I can describe the parts of a simple circuit and the difference between series and parallel circuits.