Heat It Up Lab
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1. Was the air temperature in the sunlight different from the air temperature in the shade? Why?
Yes, because radiant energy from the sun is converted into thermal energy, which hits the thermometer in the shade much less than it would affect the thermometer in the sunlight. The shade blocks some of the thermal energy, so there isn't much heat in the shade as there would be in the sunlight.
2. What type of energy comes from the Sun?
Radiant Energy (radiation)- which turns into Thermal Energy. Radiant Energy is turned into thermal energy by matter.
Yes, because radiant energy from the sun is converted into thermal energy, which hits the thermometer in the shade much less than it would affect the thermometer in the sunlight. The shade blocks some of the thermal energy, so there isn't much heat in the shade as there would be in the sunlight.
2. What type of energy comes from the Sun?
Radiant Energy (radiation)- which turns into Thermal Energy. Radiant Energy is turned into thermal energy by matter.