Question | Answer |
Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact (touching) is called _____. | Conduction |
Heat from the sun reaches you by _______. | Radiation |
Most of the Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by ______ | ozone |
When you walk on the hot sand at the beach, your feet get hot because of heat transfer by ________. | Conduction |
What is the major way that heat is transferred in the troposphere? | Convection |
The upward movement of warm water and the downward movement of cool water in lakes results in heat transfer by ________. | Convection |
Air temperature is measured with a _____. | thermometer |
The average amount of energy of motion (kinetic energy) of each particle of a substance is called ______. | temperature |
The total energy of motion (kinetic energy) in the particles of a substance is called ______. | thermal energy |
On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of water is _____. | 0 degrees |
True or False: The temperature of the sand at the beach increases more than the temperature of the water, over the course of the day. | True |
Which of Earth's materials (air-water-soil) heats up the slowest? | water |
Which of Earth's materials (air-water-soil)heats the fastest? | air |
The transfer of thermal energy from a hotter object to a cooler one is called ____. | Heat |
On the Celsius scale, the boiling point of water is _____. | 100 degrees |
What are the three ways that heat is transferred? | Radiation, Conduction, Convection |
A cup of hot coffee and a pot of hot coffee are the same temperature. Which one has more thermal energy? | The pot of hot coffee has more thermal energy because it has many more particles than the cup of hot coffee. |
What happens to most of the sunlight that reaches Earth? | It is absorbed by the atmosphere or the Earth's surface |
What happens to the energy from the sun that is absorbed by Earth's surface? | It heats up the land and water. |