Changes of state
absorbed
The three ways heat is transferred
When re-radiated wavelengths are trapped in Earth's atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect?
Longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
What is June 21?
A good absorber is this
What is a good radiator?
Process from gas to a liquid is called?
condensation
a curling iron uses _________ to curl your hair?
What is conduction
Wavelength size (short or long) of the radiation that comes from the sun and enters the earths atmosphere.
What is short-wavelength?
Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
What is December 21
The season in New York when Earth is closest to the Sun
What is winter?
melting
warming a cup of coffee in the microwave is an example of this (conduction, convection, radiation)
What is radiation?
A main greenhouse gas
What is carbon dioxide? (also water vapor, methane, CFC, and nitrous oxide)
The amount of daylight/insolation we receive on September 21 and March 21
What is 12 hours?
The Earth material with the highest specific heat.
What is liquid water?
How much energy is needed to change liquid water to water vapor?
2260 J/g
A toaster uses this transfer of heat.
What is radiation
The light rays from the sun that most reach the earth
The latitude that receives perpendicular rays (high insolation) on June 21
What is 23.5 degrees North (tropic of Cancer)
True or False: In the summer, we can see the sun 90 degrees in the sky in New York
What is False?
How much energy is needed to change solid water (ice) to liquid water?
334 J/g
The sun transfers heat through this process
The type of wavelength re-radiated by Earth when it is not absorbed.
The range of latitude (North and South) that can have 24 hours of daylight or 24 hours of darkness depended on the time of year.
What is 66.5 -90 degrees?
The special name for 23.5 degrees south latitude
What is Tropic of Capricorn?