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Energy Transfer Revi
Vocabulary terms for the Lynx Team
Descriptions | Answers |
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Energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object. | heat |
Type of heat transfer that occurs when two objects are in direct contact. | conduction |
Type of heat transfer that occurs when molecules move within a liquid or gas. | convection |
Direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves | radiation |
Drinking a hot cup of coffee. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | conduction |
A lizard warming in the sun. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | radiation |
Taking a hot shower. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | conduction (The water is in contact with your skin.) |
Walking on hot coals. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | conduction |
Warming your hands over a fire. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | convection |
Holding an ice cube in your hand. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | conduction |
Hot air rising from a candle. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | convection |
Instrument used to measure temperature. | thermometer |
Average amount of motion energy in the molecules of a substance. | temperature |
Type of radiation with a wavelength longer than visible light. | infrared |
Type of radiation with a wavelength shorter than visible light | ultraviolet |
Is ultraviolet light visible or invisible? | invisible |
Is infrared light visible or invisible? | invisible |
The top of a wave | crest |
The bottom of a wave | trough |
The distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next. | wavelength |
Source of earth's energy | sun |
Form in which energy travels from the sun to earth. | electromagnetic waves |
Sand heating up in the sun. Is this conduction, convection or radiation? | radiation |
A blacktop parking lot heats up on a sunny day. Is it conduction, convection or radiation? | radiation |
A home's furnace heats and circulates the air. Is it conduction, convection or radiation? | convection |
The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time. | frequency |
Temperature scale used by scientists and the rest of the world | Celsius |
Temperature scale used in the US | Fahrenheit |
Boiling temperature of water on the Celsius scale | 100 degrees |
Freezing temperature of water on the Celsius scale | 0 degrees |
Boiling temperature of water on the Fahrenheit scale | 212 degrees |
Freezing temperature of water on the Fahrenheit scale | 32 degrees |
Unit used to measure temperature | degree |