Energy Transfer

The process by which energy is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object by physical contact.

• Convection
• Precipitation
• The sun
• Heat

motion in a gas (as air) or a liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink.

• Radiation
• Thermal Energy
• Weather
• Convection

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

• Thermal Expansion
• Precipitation
• Heat
• Temperature 

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

• Heat
• Precipitation
• Weather
• Wind

The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves

• Weather
• Thermal expansion
• Wind
• Radiation

The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object

• Temperature
• Wind
• Conduction
• Convection

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

• Temperature
• Thermal Energy
• Convection
• Thermal Expansion

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

• Thermal Expansion
• Wind
• Heat
• Weather

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

• Precipitation
• Thermal Expansion
• Wind
• Weather

The horizontal movement of air caused by differences in air pressure. 

• Wind
• Conduction
• Convection 
• Radiation