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Heat and Energy
Question | Answer |
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Heat energy flows from the hot object to the _______ cold object. | cold |
A black brick exposed to sunlight becomes warm by: | radiation |
Heat energy flows from your hand to the ice cube by: | conduction |
The sky is blue because because particles in the sky__________ the sunlight into blue, indigo, and violet | scatter |
_________ _________ is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be seen with the eye. | visible light |
_______ _________ have the greatest energy in the electromagnetic spectrum. | gamma rays |
_______ ________ have the least amount of energy in the electromagnetic spectrum. | radio waves |
Black shirts __________ all frequencies of visible light. | absorb |
Materials that allow heat or electricity flow through them easily. | conductor |
Material that do not allow heat or electricity flow through them easily. | insulator |
Gases and liquids are heated by _________ in which the warm gases/liquids rise and the cool gases/liquids sink. | convection |
The transfer of thermal energy. | heat |
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms in a system, used to express thermal energy in degrees | temperature |
The energy an object has because of its motion. | kinetic energy |
The amount of energy that is stored in an object; energy that an object has because of its position relative to other objects | potential energy |
When atoms are heated up and spread apart. | thermal expansion |
When atoms are cooled and get closer together. | contraction |
Energy in the form of heat. | thermal energy |
The transfer of energy from one object to another, such as heat energy. | energy transfer |
Energy cannot be created out of nothing, nor can it be completely destroyed. Energy can only change its form. This is the law of __________ of _________. | conservation of energy |
Energy that can be used to do work. | mechanical energy |
The energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms | chemical energy |
The ability to do work by movement of electric charge | electrical energy |
That form of energy that animals can see directly; visible electromagnetic radiation. | light energy |