Across
- 6. Any material that keeps energy such as electricity heat or cold from easily transferring through
- 7. radiation a general term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun
- 8. radiation due to the decay of radioactive materials in the earth itself
- 9. law of cooling the rate at which an object cools is proportional to the difference in temperature between the object and the object's surroundings
- 10. the throwing back by a body or surface of light heat or sound without absorbing it
- 11. radiation a region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum where wavelengths range from about 700 nanometers to 1 millimeter
Down
- 1. Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light Radiant energy, Radiant energy is the physical energy resulting from electromagnetic radiation usually observed as it radiates from a source into the surrounding environment
- 2. the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
- 3. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation
- 4. length the distance between identical points adjacent crests in the adjacent cycles of a waveform signal propagated in space or along a wire
- 5. house effect the way in which heat is trapped close to Earth's surface by greenhouse gases
- 12. waves waves that are created as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a magnetic field