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    Thermal Energy Lesson 3

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    This document contains information about thermostats, refrigerators, and heat engines. It defines key terms and provides examples. A thermostat regulates temperature using a bimetallic coil that curls and uncurls based on thermal energy. A refrigerator transfers heat from inside to outside using a coolant and pipes. A car engine transforms chemical energy to thermal energy and some of the thermal energy to mechanical energy.

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    Thermal Energy Lesson 3

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    This document contains information about thermostats, refrigerators, and heat engines. It defines key terms and provides examples. A thermostat regulates temperature using a bimetallic coil that curls and uncurls based on thermal energy. A refrigerator transfers heat from inside to outside using a coolant and pipes. A car engine transforms chemical energy to thermal energy and some of the thermal energy to mechanical energy.

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    This document contains information about thermostats, refrigerators, and heat engines. It defines key terms and provides examples. A thermostat regulates temperature using a bimetallic coil that curls and uncurls based on thermal energy. A refrigerator transfers heat from inside to outside using a coolant and pipes. A car engine transforms chemical energy to thermal energy and some of the thermal energy to mechanical energy.

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    Thermal Energy Lesson 3

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    merve.kutluk
    This document contains information about thermostats, refrigerators, and heat engines. It defines key terms and provides examples. A thermostat regulates temperature using a bimetallic coil that curls and uncurls based on thermal energy. A refrigerator transfers heat from inside to outside using a coolant and pipes. A car engine transforms chemical energy to thermal energy and some of the thermal energy to mechanical energy.

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    Vocabulary Main Ideas/Questions


    • How does a thermostat work?
    • How does a refrigerator keep food cold?
    • What are the energy transformations in a car engine?

    • heating appliance • A device that converts electric energy into thermal energy is a heating
    appliance.
    Curling irons, coffeemakers, and clothes irons are some examples of heating
    appliances

    • thermostat A thermostat is a device that regulates the temperature of a system


    • Most thermostats contain a bimetallic coil made of two types
    of metal joined together and bent into a coil.
    • refrigerator
    • A device that uses electric energy to transfer thermal energy
    from a cooler location to a warmer location is called a
    refrigerator.
    • In a refrigerator, a coolant is pumped through pipes on the
    inside and the outside of the refrigerator.

    • heat engine • A heat engine is a machine that converts thermal energy into
    mechanical energy.

    Summary • The two different metals in a bimetallic coil inside a thermostat expand
    and contract at different rates. The bimetallic coil curs and uncurls,
    depending on the thermal energy of the air, pushing a switch that turns
    a heating or cooling device on or off.
    • A refrigerator keeps food cold by moving thermal energy from inside
    the refrigerator out to the refrigerator’s surroundings.
    • In a car engine, chemical energy in fuel is transformed into thermal
    energy.
    Some of this thermal energy is then transformed into mechanical
    energy.

    many devices transform energy from one form to another or transfer


    energy from one place to another, the total amount of energy does
    not change.

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