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1 In heat transfer by radiation, the heat energy is transferred through space by _____ waves.
2 Convection currents may be observed when water is heated past its ____ ____.
3 ____ is the measure of all kinetic energy in a sample of a material. The more kinetic energy there is, the higher this is.
4 The flow of eneryg from an object wiht a higher temperature to a lower temperature object will continue until both objects have reached thermal _____. (they are both the same temperature)
5 Heat transfer between two solid object that are in contact with each other is _____.
6 Adding layers of _____ slows the rate of heat transfer, as when people wear several layers of clothes on a cold day.
7 _____ is heat transfer between locations by the movement of fluids (liquids or gases). For example, a floor heater will warm a room because hot air rises.
8 The sun warms the Earth through the type of heat transfer called ____.
9 Heat _____ occurs through conduction, convection, and radiation.
10 A convection ____ is formed when warm fluid rises and cold fluid sinks.
11 The energy of movement is called _____ energy.
12 The atoms in all _____ are constantly moving.
13 Hot air or water rises because it becomes less _____ than the surrounding fluid.
14 Warmer fluids will _____, cool, and then sink, forming convection currents.
15 The warming of the Earth's surface occurs mostly through radiation from the _____.
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