Chapter 6.2 packet Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Absorbed radiation is reemitted as | Infrared Radiation |
How much solar energy reaches Earth's surface and is absorbed | 50% |
When air is ___, the vertical movements of air are strong | unstable |
When air is ____, these movement are weak | stable |
When warm air rises, energy is transferred to the atmosphere by | convection |
Rising air is always accompanied by _____ air | sinking |
warming rays of the sun | radiation |
the flow of ocean currents | convection |
a branding iron making a mark | conduction |
hot feet from hot sand | conduction |
a cool breeze | convection |
heat from glowing coals | radiation |
high-altitude air streams | convection |
the warmth of a heating pad | conduction |
Water Freezing (A or R) | R |
Ice Melting (A or R) | A |
Water Evaporating (A or R) | A |
Water Vapor Condensing (A or R) | R |
5% of the radiation from the sun is reflected by what | land and sea |
25% percent of radiation from the sun is reflected by what | clouds and particles |
20% of the radiation from the sun is absorbed by what | particles |
About 50% of the Sun's rays do what | Reach earth's surface and get absorbed |
99% of radiation the Earth gets from the Sun is what | Visible light, UV light, IR |
Second atmospheric layer | stratosphere |
lowest layer of the atmosphere | troposphere |
In between the stratosphere and thermosphere | mesosphere |
Beyond the thermosphere | exosphere |
After mesophere | thermosphere |
How do IR wavelengths compare to UV wavelengths | They are longer |
The term for the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves | Radiation |
Where auroras occur because of charged particles | Ionosphere |
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