Unit 5 Voc Science Flashcards
The transfer of energy as heat through a material
Conduction
The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused.
Convection
The transfer of energy do to the movement of matter
Convection currents
The energy transferred between object that are at different temperature
Heat
A narrow bond of strong winds that blows in the upper troposphere
Jet stream
The transfer of energy as electro magnetic waves
Radiation
A measure of how hot or cold something is
Temperature
The total kinetic energy of an substance atom
Thermal energy
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
Wind
The curving path of an moving object from an other wise strait path due to Earths rotation
Coriolis effect