4a - Electromagnetic Spectrum
Almost all energy on Earth comes from -
What is the sun?
Some of the sun's energy is ______ while some is _____.
(Vocab words)
What is reflected and absorbed?
Trapping heat in the atmosphere to create a "blanket" -
What is the greenhouse effect?
The transfer of heat by direct contact -
What is conduction?
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed from one form of energy to another -
What is the Law of Conservation?
Light that can be seen with the human eye -
What is visible light?
Solar energy is mostly -
(two answers)
What are visible light and infrared radiation?
The percentage of solar radiation reflected back into space -
What is 30?
The direct transfer of energy empty through space by electromagnetic waves -
What is radiation?
Energy from motion -
What is kinetic energy?
Energy that is transferred to us from the sun travels to Earth as -
What are electromagnetic waves?
Earth is heated unequally. Our energy budget is balance when -
What is the amount of energy reflected is equal to the amount of energy absorbed?
Explain how gases in the atmosphere keep solar radiation close to Earth's surface -
What is re-radiating solar radiation off other gases in the atmosphere?
As liquids or gases are warmed, the particles begin to spread and become less dense. This causes the liquids or gases to rise.
This is the transfer of heat by way of -
What is convection?
Energy due to height of an object -
What is potential energy?
The distance between two wave crests -
What is wavelength?
Solar energy is either soaked up by portions of the Earth or REFLECTED -
What is outer space?
A fluid in the atmosphere that absorbs and reflects solar energy -
What is a greenhouse gas?
The movement of energy, by fluid, from one place to another -
What are convection currents?
Nonrenewable resources that react with oxygen in the air to give us carbon dioxide and water -
What are fossil fuels?
The electromagnetic wave with the shortest wavelength -
What are gamma rays?
Energy from the sun is either thrown back out or ABSORBED by Earth's -
(two answers)
What is surface and atmosphere?
Name all of the 6 greenhouse gases -
What are methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, ozone, and other chlorofluorocarbons?
When you heat a metal strip, the particles begin to vibrate. This makes particles adjacent begin to vibrate, and the vibrations are passed down. This also passes down heat.
Heat is being transferred by way of -
What is conduction?
Energy transformation of gasoline in a car -
What is chemical to mechanical?