Electromagnetic Spectrum
What is the longest wavelength for visible light?
Red
What is the definition of climate?
The weather and temperature of a place over a long period of time
Which type of heat transfer happens when you have a heater in a room
Convection
Where is Earth the hottest?
Equator
How does carbon dioxide and other substances move throughout the air?
Wind
What is the shortest wavelength for visible light?
Purple/violet
What is temperature?
The amount of kinetic energy of a substance
Which type of heat transfer happens when you put your hands by a fire to warm up?
Radiation
How does heat transfer?
It transfers from hot to cold objects
What stops wind?
Continents
Which waves have the shortest wavelength?
Gamma Rays
Climate change
How a climate changes as more fossil fuels are added to the atmosphere
Which type of heat transfer happens when you burn yourself on hot chocolate?
Conduction
What causes deep currents?
Differences in density
When are all of the equinoxes and solstices?
Equinoxes:
March 21
September 23
Solstices:
June 21
December 21
Which waves have the longest wavelengths?
Radio waves
What is the tilt of Earth?
23.5 degrees
What is insulation?
It prevents heat from transferring from one substance to another
What is the purpose of surface currents?
Surface currents redistribute heat from the equator to the poles
What is the Gulf Stream?
The longest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean
Why do we see different colors?
Different colors have different wavelengths
What causes seasons?
The tilt of Earth
What is a conductor?
It transfers energy
Which three factors affect surface currents?
1) Global winds
2) Unequal heating of Earth
3) Rotation of Earth
What are three examples of fossil fuels
Coal, oil and natural gas