Heat Transfer

Front

How is energy from the Sun transferred?

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by radiation

Front

What is a measure of how hot or cold something is?

Back

Temperature

Front

What type of heat transfer occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking?

Back

Convection

Front

What type of heat transfer occurs when friends gather around a fire to stay warm?

Back

radiation

Front

In which state of matter does conduction occur?

Back

solids

Front

What is the process called when heat is transferred through direct contact?

Back

Conduction

Front

What is the term for the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids?

Back

Convection

Front

What is the term for the transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves?

Back

Radiation

Front

What is the lowest possible temperature called, where all molecular motion stops?

Back

Absolute Zero

Front

What is the ability of a material to conduct heat called?

Back

Thermal conductivity