Energy Transfer
True/False
Hot coals can heat you from a distance?
True
When your tongue gains too much kinetic energy, it feels it as ______________
pain
What heats the Earth?
Sun
Greenhouse gases __________ thermal energy in the atmosphere
trap
A hot marshmallow transferring energy to your tongue is what method of energy transfer?
Conduction
Faster moving particles transfer to _____________ moving particles?
slower
The sun is a source of what type of energy?
Radiant energy
Greenhouse gases absorb ___________ rays?
infrared
What type of energy transfer happens through contact?
Conduction
The amount of kinetic energy in an object determines it's __________________
temperature
Energy felt from a distance away from a fire is what type of energy transfer?
Radiation
Earth would lose a lot of thermal ____________ if we had no greenhouse gases
energy
What are the three types of energy transfer?
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
Objects in motion have what type of energy?
Kinetic energy
Energy traveling through the air without direct contact is called?
thermal energy (which is a form of radiant energy)
Greenhouse gases reradiate ____________ in al directions?
thermal energy
What two types of energy transfer heat the earth?
Conduction and Radiation
What type of energy transfers from hot to cool locations?
Kinetic energy
Invisible rays are called ____________ rays
infrared
What are two gases that are greenhouse gases?