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