What is 'infrared radiation'?

The electromagnetic spectrum

What is meant by the term 'emit'?

Properties of infrared radiation

What is meant by the term 'absorber'?

What is meant by the term 'emitter'?

What is meant by the term 'reflector'?

What surfaces are good absorbers?

What surfaces are good emitters?

What surfaces are good reflectors?

Properties of a solid

Properties of a liquid

Properties of a gas

What is conduction?

Why are metals such good conductors?

What is an insulator?

Examples of insulators

What is convection?

What is meant by 'convection current'?

What energy transfer is responsible for onshore and offshore breezes?

Example of conduction

Example of convection

What is meant by 'evaporation'?

Why does evaporation take place?

What increases the rate of evaporation?

What is condensation?

The rate of condensation is increased by...

The greater the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings...

The rate at which energy is transferred also depends on...

To maximise the rate of energy transfer to keep things cool, we sometimes use things that...

Sometimes we want to minimise the rate of energy transfer to keep things warm. To do this we need to minimise the transfer of energy by conduction, convection and radiation. We may use things that....

What is meant by 'specific heat capacity'?

Specific heat capacity equation

How do we work out a change in temperature?

What is meant by 'energy transfer'?

How can people minimise the rate of energy transfer out of their homes?

What is a U-Value?

What is a solar heating panel?