Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
NYS ES Topic 5
Energy in Earth's Processes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | the ability to do work |
| Electromagnetic energy | a type of energy that is radiated, or given off, in the form of transverse waves from all matter not at absolute zero |
| wavelength | the distance from one crest of a wave to the next crest |
| Electromagnetic spectrum | any model that shows the types of electromagnetic energy |
| Energy Refraction | energy bent, in their passage through materials of varying density so that the direction of the waves is changed |
| Energy Reflection | energy bounced off the material |
| Energy Absorption | energy taken into the material |
| Texture | the roughness or smoothness of a surface |
| Conduction | the transfer of heat energy from atom to atom or molecule when vibrating atoms or molecules collide |
| Convection | the transfer of heat by movement in fluids - gases and liquids- caused by differences in density within the fluids |
| Dynamic Equilibrium | heat will continue to move from the source to the sink until their energies are equal |
| Radiation | the method by which heat is transferred via electromagnetic waves |
| Mechanical Energy | all the energy of an object or system not related to the individual motions of atoms and molecules |
| Kinetic Energy | an object in motion that has energy |
| Potential Energy | energy related to position or phase |
| Temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a body of matter - and is not a type of energy |
| Joules | a metric unit of energy or work |
| Specific Heat | the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of any substance one degree celsius |
| Melting | the changing of a solid to a liquid |
| Solidification (freezing) | the changing of a liquid to a solid |
| crystallization | if solidification results in a solid with an ordered pattern of atoms |
| Evaporation (vaporization) | the changing of a liquid to a gas |
| Condensation | the changing of a gas,or vapor, to a liquid |
| Sublimation | the changing of a gas directly to a solid |
| Nuclear Fusion | How the sun gets its energy, by combining the nuclei of smaller elements to form larger elements. Some mass is converted into energy. |
| Nuclear Decay | spontaneous breakdown of large unstable nuclei. Energy is released, but it’s not as much as nuclear fusion. |
Created by:
PRO Teacher
etucci
Popular Earth Science sets