Heat Transfer Test Review

The temperature at which molecular energy is at a minimum.

• Absolute Zero

• Specific Heat

• Heat

• Thermal Expansion

The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas

• Convection cell

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

A self-contained convective zone in a fluid in which upward motion of warmer fluid in the center is balanced by a downward motion of cooler fluid at the periphery

• Radiation

• Convection Cell

• Conduction

• Thermal Expansion

A dymanic model of a gas convection system.

• Thermal Conductor

• Thermal Insulator

• Convection Cell

• Convection Chamber

The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface

• Specific Heat

• Greenhouse Effect

• Convection

• Absolute Zero

The kinetic energy of a substance's atoms

• Heat

• Specific Heat

• Absolute Zero

• Thermal Energy

The transfer of electromagnetic waves (through space)

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Thermal Insulator

The quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogenous material 1 Kelvin or 1 degree celsius

• Heat

• Absolute Zero

• Specific Heat

• Temperature

A measure of the average kinetic energy of an object

• Temperature

• Absolute Zero

• Specific Heat

• Thermal Insulator

The transfer of energy as heat through a material (or direct contact)

• Transfer

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection