Energy transfer Vocab

The process by which energy is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object by physical contact is known as: 

• Convection
• Conduction
• Heat
• Radiation

________ is the horizontal movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.

• Heat
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Wind

When motion in a gas (as air) or a liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink is known as:

•  Convection
• Conduction
• Precipitation
• Radiation

______ is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• thermal expansion
• thermal energy
• Weather
• Temperature

Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object. 

• Radiation
• Temperature
• Wind
• Heat

_______________ is the general increase in the volume of a material as its temperature is increased.

• thermal energy
• thermal expansion
• Radiation 
• Temperature

Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to Earth surface, such as rain, snow or hail

• Precipitation 
• Heat
• Weather
• Win

Temperature is _________

• the energy an object has due to the motion of its particles
• the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object 
• the general increase in the volume of a material as its temperature is increased.
  
• the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves
  

 The energy an object has due to the motion of its particles is ________.

• thermal expansion
• Temperature
• Radiation
• thermal energy

The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves is ______

• Radiation
• thermal energy
• thermal expansion
• Weather