Unit Vocabulary Test

What is potential energy?

• • Energy in motion

• Stored energy due to position or condition

• Energy released by chemical reactions

• • Energy transferred by heat

What is convection?

• • Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

• Transfer of heat through direct contact

• Movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter material to rise and colder material to sink

• The process of heat transfer by the movement of heated particles into an area of cooler particles

What is the unit of measurement for energy?

• Newton

• Joule

• Watt

• Pascal

What is the term used to describe the amount of matter in an object?

• Weight

• Density

• Volume

• Mass

What does Earth's orbit refer to?

• The rotation of Earth on its axis

• The path Earth follows around the Sun

• The circular movement of the Earth around the Moon

• The spinning of the Earth in space

What is the Earth's axis?

• The line around which the Earth rotates

• The path the Earth follows around the Sun

• The outer layer of the Earth

• The center of the Earth

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy stored in an object at rest

• Energy due to the height of an object

• Energy an object has due to its motion

• Energy released during a chemical reaction

Which process describes the movement of water from plant leaves into the atmosphere?

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Runoff

What happens to the speed of particles as the temperature increases?

• Speed decreases

• Speed increases

• Speed remains constant

• Speed fluctuates unpredictably

What type of weather phenomenon is created when two different air masses meet?

• Cyclone

• Front

• Monsoon

• Typhoon