Vocabulary: Energy Transfer
Across
- 2. energy associated with motion
- 3. heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating
- 7. systems use solar energy to heat a fluid -- either liquid or air -- and then transfer the solar heat directly to the interior space or to a storage system for later use
- 10. to become warm or hot
- 13. increase in linear dimensions of a solid or in volume of a fluid because of rise in temperature
- 15. the heat in calories required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree Celsius
- 16. the act of conducting or conveying
Down
- 1. a way a cooling or heating system distributes air throughout a home or a structure
- 4. the process of emitting radiant energy in the form of waves or particles
- 5. Using the sun's energy to heat a building; the windows, walls, and floors can be designed to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter
- 6. how hot or cold something is
- 8. an electrical device that converts an electric current into heat
- 9. the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units that is equal to 1/273.16 of the Kelvin scale temperature of the triple point of water
- 11. energy in the form of heat
- 12. the action or process of conveying
- 14. a material that is a poor conductor (as of electricity or heat)