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The kinetic energy of heat is converted into radiation (mostly infra-red) [thus the original object cools] and IF the radiation strikes some body, then the second body will warm up.
An object at any temperature emits electromagnetic radiation, mainly from its surface. This can be infrared, or - at higher temperatures - visible light. This electromagnetic radiation can travel through empty space, or through air. If it strikes another object, the energy (or part of the energy) will be transfered to this other object.
[object Object]
When light strikes a black object what energy is it changed to?
When the light waves strikes an object and bounces off
It can reflect, absorb or scatter off the object.
The kinetic energy of heat is converted into radiation (mostly infra-red) [thus the original object cools] and IF the radiation strikes some body, then the second body will warm up.
An object at any temperature emits electromagnetic radiation, mainly from its surface. This can be infrared, or - at higher temperatures - visible light. This electromagnetic radiation can travel through empty space, or through air. If it strikes another object, the energy (or part of the energy) will be transfered to this other object.
An object is a good emitter of radiation if it is a good absorber of radiation.
[object Object]
When light strikes a black object what energy is it changed to?
radiation from object decreases as the temperature rises
When the light waves strikes an object and bounces off
There is absorption of radiation inside or outside of the object
The process of exposing an object to nuclear radiation.
A speeding missile, or any moving object, has momentum. Force was used to cause it to move in the first place. If this object strikes another object, it will then exert a force on the object that it strikes.
Either the light reflect from the object or absorbed into the object.