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Chapter 6.2 packet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What form does solar energy travel to Earth? | visible, UV, and IR |
| Which three gases contribute most to the greenhouse effect? | water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane |
| How much of the radiation from the sun is absorbed by particles and gases in the atmosphere? | 20% |
| How much of the radiation from the sun reflected by the clouds and the atmosphere? | 25% |
| How much of the Sun's rays reach and are absorbed by Earth's surface? | 5% |
| What is absorbed radiation re-emitted as? | IR |
| What is radiation balance? | when the amount of energy that is absorbed is equally re-emitted as IR |
| What layer is between the stratosphere and the thermosphere? | mesosphere |
| Birds, bats, and insects fly in what layer of the atmosphere? | troposphere |
| Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer? | Stratosphere |
| What does earth's atmosphere contain? | water vapor, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and other gases |
| What layer extends from the mesosphere to the exosphere? | thermosphere |
| What are the three types of energy transfer? | latent heat, conduction, and convection |
| What is an ordered series of actions? | process |
| How do bright surfaces on Earth affect what happens to incoming sunlight? | the surfaces reflect the light |
| What is conduction? | the temperature change when two things touch |
| What is convection? | the heat that occurs when something circulates in order to heat the entire substance |
| What is stable air? | air that is almost the same temperature in higher areas as lower areas |
| What is unstable air? | air that forms clouds as warm air rapidly rises |
| What is a mountain wave? | air the moves all over a mountain range |
| What is stability? | how weak or strong something is |
| What is temperature inversion? | as altitude increases, temperature increases |
| Does water freezing involve the absorption or the release of thermal energy? | release |
| Does ice melting involve the absorption or the release of thermal energy? | absorption |
| Does water evaporating involve the absorption or the release of thermal energy? | absorption |
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