6.2 homework
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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The transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter | Conduction
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Electromagnetic waves that transfer thermal energy | Radiation
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Bounce back | Reflect
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Absorbed radiation is re-emitted as | Infrared light
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When warm air rises, energy is transferred to the atmosphere by | Convection
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Rising air is always accompanied by | Sinking air
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Air moving over a mountain range is called a | Mountain wave
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This type of air movement creates | Lenticular clouds
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Series of actions | Process
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Strength or weakness of circulating air motions | Stability
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Condition in the troposphere that involves a temperature increase with altitude | Temperature inversion
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The movements of air are strong | Unstable
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When movements of air are weak | Stable
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About 25% of radiation from the Sun is | Clouds and other small particles (reflected atmosphere)
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About 5% of radiation from the Sun is | Is reflected by land and sea surface
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About 50% of the Sun's rays | Reaches and is absorbed by Earth's surface
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About 20% of the radiation from the Sun is | Gas and particles in the atmosphere
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The atmospheric layer that is the farthest from Earth | Exosphere
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What does radiation balance mean | The balance between the amount of incoming radiation from the Sun and the amount of outgoing radiation from the Earth
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A thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth | Atmosphere
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The region within the mesosphere where ions are located | ionsphere
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The layer of the atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere | Mesosphere
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The layer of the atmosphere that is directly above the troposphere | Stratosphere
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The layer of the atmosphere that is directly above the mesosphere | Thermosphere
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The layer of atmosphere that is the closest to Earth's surface | Troposphere
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