click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Seasons & Heat Trans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| It is the north star | Polaris |
| Days during the year that day and night hours are equal | Equinoxes |
| The longest day of the year | Summer solstice |
| The shortest day of the year | Winter solstice |
| The way a light beam covers a larger area when it hits a surface at an angle | beam spreading |
| The angle at which light strikes a surface | solar angle |
| A measure of the average level of kinetic energy in a material | Temperature |
| Energy transfer by contact | conduction |
| Energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space | Radiation |
| Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another | Convection |