Solar oven vocabulary quiz review

Question 1

Conduction

Answer 1

Heat flow due to the contact of two objects or within a solid object.

Question 2

Convection

Answer 2

Heat flow due to fluid movement such as through water or air

Question 3

Emissivity

Answer 3

How much electromagnetic energy is reflected and how much is absorbed by an object in the form of heat. Emissivity is very dependent on color.

Question 4

Insolation

Answer 4

The amount of solar radiation that reaches a given area

Question 5

Insulation

Answer 5

A material that does not conduct heat very well and has a low thermal conductivity.

Question 6

Nonrenewable resource

Answer 6

A resource that is not replaceable after it has been used.

Question 7

Radiation

Answer 7

Energy transferred through the movement of electromagnetic waves; heat transfer not requiring a medium.

Question 8

Renewable resource

Answer 8

A resource that is inexhaustible or replaceable by new growth; limitless supply.

Question 9

Thermal conductivity

Answer 9

The property of a material that determines how well it conducts/transmits heat.