ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE
the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
The long term pattern of weather that occurs in a specific area
What is climate
The short term, day to day, changes in the state of the atmosphere over a given area
What is weather
The building blocks of matter. Made up of protons, neutrons and electrons
What is atoms
A group of atoms bonded together where the atoms can be the same OR different
What is molecule
heat transfer due to direct contact of two objects
What is conduction
The process where liquids change to a gas
What is evaporation
Water that falls from the clouds to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain
What is precipitation
The center of the atom, it contains the protons and the neutrons
What is the nucleus
A link between atoms formed by the sharing of electrons
What is a covalent bond
heat transfer due to movement of particles from one place to another
What is conduction
The process of water vapor cooling and turning back into liquid water
What is condensation
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
Equals the number of protons an element contains
What is atomic number
The large number in a chemical equation that tells the number of molecules
What is a coefficient
gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat from the sun, acting like a blanket to keep Earth warm
What is the Greenhouse Effect
The height of something above the ground
What is altitude
A dividing line where two different types of air masses meet
What is front
Equals protons plus neutrons in an element
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass
The pattern of curving winds and water as they travel around the earth
What is the Coriolis Effect
Imaginary lines that run west to east and measure how far from the equator
What is latitude
Large pockets of air that have the same temperature and moisture content
What is an air mass
How easily a substance can chemically combine with other substances
What is reactivity
A process that absorbs heat
What is endothermic