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absorption the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed
conduction the process by which sound waves travel through a medium
convection a movement caused within a fluid by the tendency hotter and less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer in heat
electromagnetic wave vibrations between the electric field and magnetic field
energy transformation the process of changing energy from one form to another
green house effect the trapping of the suns warmth in a planets lower atmosphere
heat high temperature
infrared radiation a type of radiant energy that is invisible to human eyes but that we can feel as heat
radiation the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles
reflection reflection is the change in direction of a wave front at an interface between two different media so that the wave front returns into the medium from which it originated
scattering a small, dispersed amount of something
solar energy energy from the sun
thermal energy it is produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other
ultraviolet radiation electromagnetic radiation that is shorter than visible light but longer than x-rays
visible light light that is visible to the human eye
wave length the distance between crest of a wave
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