Heat Transfer
Heat moving through a metal spoon placed in boiling water
What is conduction?
This is the major greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels
What is carbon dioxide?
This converts light energy into electrical energy
What is solar power?
This energy causes items to warm up
What is heat energy?
What is convection?
They trap heat and cause global warming
What is greenhouse gases?
This is the energy conversion in wind energy
What is kinetic energy to electrical energy?
This energy is stored as bonds between atoms
What is chemical energy?
What is radiation?
This leads to habitat destruction, soil erosion and flooding
What is deforestation?
What is the renewable energy source that uses the ocean
What is tidal or wave power?
This energy moves electrons
What is electrical energy?
Feeling the warmth of a fire without touching it
What is radiation?
This gas is required to burn fossil fuels
What is oxygen?
What is potential energy --> kinetic energy --> electrical energy?
This energy means stored.
What is potential energy?
This causes hot air to rise and cold air to fall
What is convection?
These are produced by burning fossil fuels and causes acid rain
What is sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide?
This energy source uses the Earths heat
What is geothermal?
This energy comes from the nucleus of an atom
What is nuclear energy?