Weather And Energy Vocabulary II Question Preview (ID: 38123)


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Radiation
a) heat transfer through direct touch
b) heat transfer through a fluid
c) heat transfer through energy conversions
d) heat transfer through electromagnetic waves

Convection example
a) sun heating the sidewalk
b) ice melting
c) holding hot cup of chocolate
d) laying out for a tan

Convection example
a) floating hot air balloon
b) walking on the hot pool deck
c) crayons melting on the sidewalk
d) lamp keeping french fries warm

Conduction example
a) pot on the burner on the stove
b) ashes falling from the burnt wood
c) browning a marshmallow in the camp fire
d) feeling the heat from the camp fire

Conduction examples
a) using a hot iron to remove wrinkles from shirt
b) tanning in the sun
c) wind moving over land during the day
d) feeling heat from a camp fire

Nuclear energy example
a) sitting in a warm Jacuzzi
b) formation of a star
c) using a heat lamp to keep french fries hot
d) formation of Earth's moon

Global winds
a) distributing water particles across the globe
b) Earth's air circling a local area
c) a system of wind patterns distributing air unevenly across the Earth
d) a system of global heat transfer

High Pressure system
a) associated with clear skies and lower temperatures
b) associated with cloudy skies and higher temperatures, light precipitation
c) associated with earthquakes and heat waves
d) associated with mountain formation

Low pressure system
a) associated with ash floating in atomsphere
b) associated with cloudy skies and higher temperatures
c) associated with clear skies and lower temperatures
d) associated with mountain formation

Jet stream
a) stream of water in the atmosphere flowing around the Earth
b) airplanes following the currents of the ocean
c) currents of air within the Earth caused by heated mantle
d) currents of air above the Earth's atmosphere, moving from west to east, caused by uneven heating

Radiant Energy
a) solar or light energy
b) radiator energy
c) moving energy
d) chemical energy

Radiant energy example
a) making a cake
b) painting the walls in a room
c) using a hairdryer after washing hair
d) using a burning candle during a power outage

Radiant energy example
a) burning toast
b) using the full moon to see the side walk at night
c) freezing water
d) melting ice cream

Thermal energy
a) stored energy
b) energy of motion
c) energy of heat
d) energy of lignt

Thermal Energy example
a) mowing lawn
b) turning on the light switch before walking into a room
c) jumping into the deep end of the pool
d) Earth's core

Kinetic Energy
a) energy of motion
b) stored energy
c) heat energy
d) constant energy

Potential energy
a) moving electron particles
b) energy of light
c) energy of motion
d) stored energy

Gravitational potential energy
a) energy based on the core of the Earth
b) stored energy based on it's vertical position or height
c) kinetic energy base on the amount of movement
d) energy based on the pull of the moon

Gravitational potential energy example
a) rolling in the grass
b) pushing a swing
c) roller coaster car stopped briefly at the top of the hil
d) swimming in a pool

Nuclear Energy
a) energy based on height
b) stored energy
c) energy released from an atom's nucleus combing or splitting apart
d) energy of motion

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