AP Physics 2 / Unit 9: Thermodynamics
9.3 Thermal Energy Transfer and Equilibrium
Notes
Heat flows from higher to lower temperature by conduction, convection and radiation, until thermal equilibrium.
Practice
Heat traveling through a metal spoon is:
Direct contact.
Warm air rising in a room is:
Fluid motion.
Heat from the sun reaches Earth by:
Through empty space.
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