Heating Earth Materials Vocab

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Solar energy travels to Earth through these:

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rays

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Matter gains energy and temperature rises.

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absorb

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Light bounces off matter.

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Reflect

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Warmed Earth transfers back to air.

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reradition

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Heat transfer when objects touch.

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conduction

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Objects heat at different rates.

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uneven heating

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Energy given to another object.

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energy transfer

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Sun's energy transfer via waves or rays.

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radiation

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Non-living substances from Earth.

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Earth Materials

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Energy from the sun

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solar energy