MHMS Weather Watch Learning Set 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| thermal energy | the energy of motion of the particles of matter in a substance.
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| heat | the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer substance to a cooler one.
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| conduction | the transfer of heat through direct contact.
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| convection | the transfer of heat in a fluid (gas or liquid) by currents of warm, rising fluid and cool sinking fluid.
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| radiation | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
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| electromagnetic waves | a form of energy, such as light, ultraviolet rays, or infrared rays, that can travel through a vacuum.
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| solar energy | energy given off by the Sun that travels through space as electromagnetic waves and strikes Earth.
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| latitude | the measure of distance north or south of the Equator.
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| Equator | an imaginary line around the middle of Earth that is an equal distance from the North and South Poles.
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| axis | a line through the center of a body, around which the body rotates, or spins; Earth’s imaginary axis passes through the North and South Poles.
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| rotation | one complete turn of a planet around its axis.
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| revolution | the orbital motion of one body in space around another. Earth revolves around the Sun.
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| ellipse | a shape that is a squashed or flattened circle.
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| summer solstice | the day with the greatest number of daylight hours.
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| winter solstice | the day with the fewest number of daylight hours.
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| equinox | one of two days in the year when the number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours everywhere on Earth.
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| specific heat capacity | The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1º Celsius.
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