Word

Definition

Example

Relation to Solar
Cooker Creation

Conduction

when heat is
transmitted from one
substance from
another

Heat is transmitted
from the sun to the
cooker to the food.

Convection

when heat transfers

with a mass motion

The heat transfers to

the solar cooker

Radiation

transmission of
energy waves
through space

The energy from the

sun travels
throughout the
cooker, and cooks
the food.

Thermal Conductivity

the transmission of
heat throughout
objects

The heat from the

sun transmits itself
from the cooker to
the food.

Insulation

when heat or
coldness (?) is
kept/maintained in
something

The heat from the

sun is trapped in the
solar cooker, cooking
the food.

Insolation (Solar
Radiation)

energy/radiation
produced from the
sun

The heat in the

cooker is produced
by the sun.

Emissivity

an objects ability to
emit energy

The cooker emits

energy.