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Joules Magazine Victoria Alfonso Katia Castellano May 25, 2016 Thermal Energy Want to know what thermal energy is? Go to the third page to find out. How is thermal energy used? Go to page 4 to see how.

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Joules Magazine

Victoria AlfonsoKatia Castellano

May 25, 2016

Thermal Energy

Want to know what

thermal energy is? Go to the third page to find out.

How is thermal energy used? Go to page 4 to see how.

Table Of Contents

❏ What is Thermal Energy? ------------------------------ pg. 3-4❏ How is Thermal Energy Used? ------------------------------ pg. 5-6❏ Thermal Energy Conservation ------------------------------ pg. 7❏ Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources -------------------------- pg. 8❏ Fun Facts! ------------------------------ pg. 9❏ Number in the News ------------------------------ pg. 10❏ Graph ------------------------------ pg. 11❏ Resources --------------------------pg. 12

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Thermal EnERGYThermal energy is the energy that comes from heat. It is very

easy to confused thermal energy with heat but really thermal energy is the energy that comes from heat and when thermal energy is transferred, it is called heat. Heat is a temperature that can be measured in degrees of Fahrenheit or Celsius, and an object can contain thermal energy, but it cannot contain heat. Thermal energy commonly comes from fossil fuels such as coal. Also, thermal energy can be generated by other resources that stem from thermal energy such as geothermal energy.

This energy is made by the tiny moving particles within an object. Also, the faster these particles move, the more heat that is generated. Also, this type of energy that can be defined as one of the few types of energy that can have the ability to do work. Thermal energy can also be defined under kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion. Thermal energy is also defined by kinetic energy because of how the particles move to create heat.

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Thermal energy can also be defined under kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion, and thermal energy is also defined by kinetic energy because of how the particles move to create heat. Another type of energy that is created by thermal energy is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth. It is a clean type of energy which range from the shallow ground to hot water. Some examples of source of geothermal energy are hot springs and hot steams that come from the Earth.

The heat speeds up the molecules within a pot of hot water. If a thermometer was placed inside of this hot pot of water then you will start to notice the red stripe in the middle to start to rise. Also, an increase in internal energy would come to be an increasing temperature. Heating is defined as the flow of the thermal energy from an object of one temperature to an object of another temperature. Thermal energy is a main type of energy which stems into many other different types of energies.

Thermal Energy

hOW IS IT USED?he total kinetic and potential energy of the

particles in an object is called thermal energy. The greater temperature of an object... the more thermal energy that the object contains. For example, a pot of water, as heat is added to the water, the particles in the water move faster and create little bubbles. The faster particles that are anywhere move, the greater energy and higher temperature. But, thermal energy is used in many different ways.

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Another example of when this type of energy is used is when using natural gas or oil it converts chemical energy to thermal energy and it can be used for using a heater at home and cook food. Thermal energy can also be converted to mechanical energy, in a car engine for example. Heat can be transferred by using conduction, convection, or radiation. Conduction is the transfer of thermal energy because of collisions between the molecules in whatever object. Continue on the next page to read more...

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Thermal energy comes from heat. When thermal energy is

transferred, it is called heat. Heat is a temperature and is

measured in degrees of Fahrenheit or Celsius. What’s different

about Thermal energy and heat is that an object can contain

thermal energy, but it cannot contain heat. Thermal energy can

come from resources such as biomass, solar and geothermal.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth. It's clean and

sustainable. Resources of geothermal energy range from the

shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles

beneath the Earth's surface. But down even deeper to the

extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Thermal/geothermal energy can be used in many different ways

but mostly to create heat.

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Go to www.thermalenergy/howitisused. com to find out of to how it is used!

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Thermal Energy Conservation

Saving energy helps better the world and also saves money. There is a law named the Law of Conservation of Energy. When one form of energy is being transformed to another form, no energy is lost in the process. Also, this law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. The total amount of energy is the same before and after any transformation. For example, a way to conserve energy is to not use the hot air in the washer and to use the cold air, or overall, just to use less warm water, hot water, to conserve thermal energy. It is as simple as doing these examples to conserve energy as much as needed. But, energy conservation is not all about using limited resource as much as possible. Conservation is the process of reducing demand on a short supply and then enabling that supply to begin to rebuild itself.

*Call 1-800- Thermal- Energy to find out how to conserve energy in you own home.*

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources of Thermal Energy

Thermal energy is heat energy which is a nonrenewable resource. Thermal energy comes for burning fossil fuels which is nonrenewable. A renewable resource would be either wind, solar, biomass, and etc. A nonrenewable resource would be burning fossil fuels or nuclear, and burning fossil fuels is what is made up in the thermal energy. Which in this case, thermal energy is a nonrenewable resource. Sometimes people get confused with solar energy and thermal energy. But they are very different. Solar energy comes from the sun which means it is generated by the sun so it would be renewable energy but thermal energy is quite different than solar energy.

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❏ As heat from Earth is lost to space, it is replaced by heat

brought by the Sun.

❏ Although he was not the first to use the term thermal energy,

James Joule receives credit for being the first to discuss the

loss and gain of heat.

❏ When you add ice to a warm drink, some of the drinks'

thermal energy is transferred to the ice which makes the

drink cooler.

❏ The joule is the unit used to measure thermal energy.

❏ In order to convert thermal energy into other forms of

energy, a machine such as an engine is needed.

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Fun Facts

NumbersIn the

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❏ Geothermal Energy (provided from the earth) = 49%

❏ Lighting and Appliances = 27%

❏ Heating and A/C = 18%

❏ Hot water = 6%

❏ Computer and electronics = 9%

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Make sure to go check out the new solar panels outside of the Museum of Energy that represent Solar Energy! It’s at 9080 nw 76th st 33498!

Resources

(n.d.). Retrieved May 24, 2016, from http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-thermal-energy-definition-examples.html

What is Energy Conservation and List Few Energy Conservation Techniques? - Conserve Energy Future. (2014). Retrieved May 24, 2016, from http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/energy-conservation-techniques.php

Thermal Energy Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved May 24, 2016, from http://www.softschools.com/facts/energy/thermal_energy_facts/402/

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