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Heat Transfer
Vocabulary
Seasons
Sunlight/ Temperature
Miscellaneous
100
The 3 main types of heat transfer.
What is convection, conduction and radiation?
100
Model or simulation in which you play a role.
What is a participatory model?
100
The Earth is tilted ________ degrees on its ______
What is 23.5, axis?
100
There is ________ solar energy hitting 1 square meter of Earth's surface in the summer than in the winter.
What is more?
100
Warm air particles travel in this direction.
What is an upward direction?
200
Energy is transferred by the mass motion of molecules.
What is convection?
200
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1° Celsius.
What is specific heat capacity?
200
The primary reason for the seasons is due to...
What is Earth's tilt?
200
If the sun's rays hit the earth at a 90 degree angle this is considered ___________ sunlight.
What is direct?
200
In polar regions the area the light hits is _________ but the sunlight is less _________.
What is greater/ direct?
300
Energy is transferred by direct contact.
What is conduction?
300
The motion that determines length of day is a ____________. The motion that determines length of year is a ________________.
What is rotation and revolution?
300
In which hemisphere are the summer month's June, July and August?
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
300
The amount of energy reaching the Earth's surface from the Sun affects the temperature of these 3 things.
What is earth's surface, water and the air?
300
When this covers a region, the temperature drops. This is because some of the solar energy from the Sun is being reflected by it.
What is a cloud?
400
Energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
400
Temperature measures...
What is the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material?
400
What would happen if the Earth was not tilted towards or away from the sun?
What is there would be no seasonal changes?
400
The ___________ receives the most direct thermal energy from the Sun.
What is the equator?
400
3 things weather maps are used for are...
What is to predict severe weather events, see the movement of fronts and to predict temperature and precipitation events?
500
As air temperatures increase these 2 things also increase.
What is average kinetic energy and movement of the particles.
500
We use models when looking at natural phenomenon because...
What is the phenomena is too large, too small or happens too slowly for us to see.
500
When the Earth revolves around the sun, the North Pole is always pointed towards..
What is Polaris/ North Star?
500
Why do the Equator and poles receive different amounts of sunlight?
What is because of the spherical shape of the Earth?
500
It has snowed and I need my sunglasses to see while driving. This is because...
What is the snow reflects much of the sun's rays obstructing my view?