UV and Radiation
This is the energy transferred from the sun to another object
What is radiation?
This is the transfer of heat from molecule to molecule
What is conduction?
This is the absorption of infrared radiation from the Earth by water vapor and CO2 in the atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect?
Earth's tilt
This is the process of being transferred and one object to another because of the temperature difference between them
What is heat energy?
These are absorbers that only absorb and emit certain radiations
What is selective absorbers?
This is the transfer of heat by the mass movement of a fluid (such as water and air); creates currents
What is Convection
This is Earth's overall temperature changes only slightly
What is Earth's Annual Energy Balance?
This causes the lengths of the year
This is the quantity that tells us how hot or cold something is OR a measure of the average speed of the atoms and molecules
What is temperature?
This kind of radiation (direct or indirect) produces the strongest impact on warming the Earth's surface
What is direct radiation
An example of Conduction
the bottom of a metal pan gets hot on the stove and transfers that heat to the rest of the pan. Particles within the pan move faster.
These are the factors that protect us from sunburn (UV radiation)?
This causes the length of day
What is rotation?
This occurs when wind blows over water
What is advection?
This is the percent of radiation returning from a surface compared to the amount striking the surface.
What is albedo?
This is the heat energy required to change a substance from one state to another
What is latent heat
This is why the greenhouse effect important
What is keeping the heat in the atmosphere?
This is when the Earth is closest to the sun
What is January?
This is the degree of the Earth's tilt at the fall equinox?
What is 0 degrees?
This absorbs the UV radiation to create a tan
What is Melanin
This is how hot and cold move in relation to each other?
Hot water rises, cools, then sinks, then heats up, etc.
These factors impact the greenhouse effect
What are Clouds, gasses, and the atmospheric window?
This is the date of the winter solstice?
What is December 21 or 22?
This is why the sky is blue
What is the light must pass through a thicker portion of the atmosphere, scattering removes the blue light leaving the longer wavelengths?