Energy & Heat Transfer

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All of Earth's energy comes from the Sun.

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TRUE

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What type of heat transfer happens when two objects touch like a pot to a stove burner?

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Conduction

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What type of heat transfer happens when a fluid heats up an object like boiling water for our food?

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Convection

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Heat is also known as:

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Thermal Energy

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Any electric and magnetic waves that travel through space from the sun:
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Electromagnetic Waves

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Infrared radiation

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X-ray waves

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Radio waves

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Electromagnetic Waves

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The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves; for example, the sun heating a reptile sunbathing.

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Radiation

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Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths that are longer than visible light; felt as heat:

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Infrared radiation

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Reflection of light in all directions and reason why the sky is blue:
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Greenhouse Effect

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Absorption

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Scattering

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All of these

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Scattering

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The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by gases that form a "blanket" around the earth:

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Greenhouse Effect

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The transfer of thermal energy from one hotter object to a cooler one is:

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Heat

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