Heated Earth Investigation 4 vocabulary

What does absorb mean?

• liquids and gases that flow

• energy that travels though the air

• to soak in

• warmed Earth radiating energy back into the air

• energy of motion

What does conduction mean?

• transfer of energy from one object to another by touch

• to soak in

• to get bigger

• a circular movement of fluids (such as air) that is the result of uneven heating

What does it mean to contract?

• to soak in

• to get bigger

• liquids and gases that flow

• get smaller

What are convection currents?

• a circular movement of fluid (such as air) that is the result of uneven heating of the fluid.

• transfer of energy from one object to another by touch

• energy (heat and light) from the sun

• the solid, rocky part of Earth's crust

What are Earth materials?

• transfer of energy from one object to another by touch

• nonliving substances that come from Earth (rock, soil, air, water, gravel)

• investigation designed to find out how variables affect outcomes

• energy that travels through the air

What does energy transfer mean?

• Earth's materials that head up and cool off at different rates

• to soak in

• energy of motion

• movement of energy from one place to another

What is the definition of expand?

• to get bigger

• to soak in

• liquids and gases that flow

• energy that travels through the air

What is the definition of an experiment?

• transfer of energy from one object to another by touch

• energy that travels through the air

• liquids and gases that flow

• an investigation designed to find out how variables affect outcomes

What is the definition of fluids?

• liquids and gases that flow

• anything you can change that might affect the outcome

• energy that travels through air

• energy of motion

What makes up the Geosphere?

• all the water on Earth, in solids (ice), liquids (water), and gas (water vapor) and starts from the Sun

• anything you can change that might affect the outcome

• the parts of Earth where life exists

• the solid, rocky part of Earth's crust