Question | Answer |
How much of the radiation from the sun is reflected? | About 99% |
What kind of energy transfer is this: A boy touching a hot stove | Conduction |
What is absorbed radiation re-emitted as? | Infrared Light |
What is an ordered series of actions? | Process |
What kind of energy transfer is this: The fan blowing hot air. | Convection |
What gases are considered "Greenhouse Gases?" | Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Water Vapor |
What is the atmospheric layer where almost all humans live? | Troposphere |
What do greenhouse gases do? | Absorb energy reflected by the earth, keeping the heat from escaping |
What is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves? | Radiation |
About how much solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth? | 20% |
What do bright surfaces affect what happens to incoming sunlight? | They reflect the light |
What is air moving over a mountain called? | Mountain wave |
What does stable air mean? | Air movements are weak |
What is temperature inversion? | Temperature increases as altitude decreases |
What kind of energy transfer is this: The rays of the sun | Radiation |
What kind of energy transfer is this: The flowing ocean currents | Convection |
Is this the absorption or release of energy: Iron melting into a liquid | Absorption |
Is this the absorption or release of energy: Water vapor turning into raindrops | Release |
Where does the ionosphere lie? | In the Mesosphere and Thermosphere |
What displays of light come from the ionosphere? | Auroras |
What is the atmospheric layer farthest from Earth? | Exosphere |
What layer of the atmosphere contains satellites? | Exosphere |
What kind of cloud is formed after a mountain wave? | Lenticular Clouds |
Rising air is always accompanied by ________ air. | Sinking |
When the air movements are fast, it is _______. | Unstable |