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Chapter 6.2 Packet
Question | Answer |
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What is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves | Radiation |
What is the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between atoms of matter | Conduction |
What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter from one place to another | Convection |
What is energy transferred from Earth's surface to the atmosphere | Latent Heat |
Strength or weakness of circulating air motions | Stability |
Condition in the troposphere that involves a temperature increase with altitiude | Temperature Inversion |
Bounce off of | Reflection |
In what form does solar energy travel to earth | Ultra Violet, Infer Red, and Visible |
Layer that holds most ozone | Stratosphere |
Where auroras appear | Ionosphere |
Rising air is always accompanied by | Sinking |
Moving air causes this type of cloud | Lenticular cloud |
Air moving over a mountain | Mountain Wave |
Water Freezing is (Absorbed or Released) | Released |
Ice Melting is (Absorbed or Released) | Absorbed |
The flow of ocean current is (radiation, convection, or conduction) | Convection |
The warmth of a heating pad is (radiation, convection, or conduction) | Conduction |
Hot feet from hot sand is (radiation, convection, or conduction) | Conduction |
About how much incoming solar radiation is absorbed by Earth's atmosphere | 20% |
About how much incoming solar radiation reaches Earth's surface and is absorbed | 50% |
Three components that make up almost all the energy Earth receives from the sun | Ultra Violet light, Infer Red light, and Visible light |
Rising air is always accompanied by what | Sinking air |
Temperature inversion can cause a build up of what | polution |
99% of the radiation Earth receives from the Sun is | Ultra Violet, Infer Red, and Visible |
5% of the Sun's radiation is | Reflected by mountains, land, and sea |