Light and matter
What does light have to do with reflection from a mirror or mirror-like surface?
Light reflects from a smooth surface at the same angle as it hits the surface.
What is thermal energy?
Thermal energy refers to the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature.
Precipataion
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface (rain, snow, sleet, or hail)
sediment
small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
Whats a tsunami?
a giant wave caused by movement of the ocean floor
How do you think the plain glass can reflect light?
As light passes through air and into another clear material (such as glass), it changes speed, and light is both reflected and refracted by the glass.
Does heat go into a cold object of does cold go out of a cold object?
The transfer of heat goes from the hot object to the cold object.
What is cononsation?
The process of changing a gas (vapor) to a liquid
What is a sedimentary rock?
A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
Flood
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
What happens to light when it passes through a magnifying glass?
the convex lens bends the light rays so the image appears larger.
What is kinetic energy?
The energy of motion.
Here is the meaning of evaporation?
The process of changing a liquid to a gas (vapor)
Crust
Earth's outermost layer.
The meaning of landslide is?
Watery clay soil slides down a mountain
What is a one-way mirror?
A one-way mirror, also called a two-way mirror is a reciprocal mirror that appears reflective on one side and transparent at the other.
What is potential energy?
it is the energy stored in the interactions between objects or particles.
Water cycle
The continuous process by which water circulates between the oceans, atmosphere, and land through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, and transpiration.
Here is the meaning of an earthquake.
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
What is a avalanch?
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
Can you think of other situations where you can see through something like the one-way mirror but it reflects from the other side?
Whats temperture?
The average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material.
What is transpiration?
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
What is a valcano?
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
Tsunami Buoy
a floating monitor that detects small changes in water level far out in the ocean to allow time to evacuate tsunami zones for higher ground