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1
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Which color of the visible light has the shortest waveleangth?

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violet

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Sort these wave leangths from longest to shortest :
Visible light, Infrared, UV

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Infrared ,visible light, UV

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What makes up the greatest amount of electroaegnetic energy reaching earth’s surface

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Visible light

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4
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Which process transfers heat though mollecular collisions?

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Conduction

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If there are two cup of water one being hot and one being cold with a metal bar connecting them describe the flow of energy and by was transfer?

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Hot water to cold water by conduction

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In a closed system seperated by a metal dividing bar if one side were to lose 10 degrees celcius how much would the other side decrease or increase by??

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increase by abt 10 degrees celcius

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How does transfer of heat through conduction work?

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The heat vibrates a molecule which heat up other molecules by hitting into them (direct touch)

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Which process primarily transfers heat by moving air?

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convection

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9
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When energy transfers through convection in the air what happens?

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hot air rises and cold air sinks

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The air above a burning candle is heated and rises what type of heat transfer is this and what is the change in are density?

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Convection and density decreases

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11
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An ice cube is an area of hot air. What is the source and sink?

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the ice cube is a sink and the air is the source

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12
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when water is propelled upward and water is also propelled down due to a heat source what is causing this?

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differences in density in the water

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when water is being heated up what happens?

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hot less dense water rises and more dense cool water sinks

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if a room is being heated where in the room wil the density of the wair be the ggreatest?

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near the floor

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which process transfers energy primarily through electromagnetic waves?

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radiation

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16
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heat energy will normally flow from

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hot to cold

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17
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if a fire is lit where is transfer of enrgy through convection?

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right above it

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18
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How does the ozone layer protect living things earth?

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it blocks harmful UV rays

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19
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what is temperature?

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the average kinetic energy

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20
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When does transformation of heat often happen?

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when there is friction

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21
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What is heat energy measured in ?

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Joules

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22
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What is thermal energy?

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the energy of motion of atoms and molecules

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23
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Specific heat def

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Resistance a material presents to heating up or cooling off. (The amount of energy needed to raise the temp of 1g of the material by 1 C)

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24
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What has the highest specific heat?

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liquid

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25
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What has a major moderating effect on weather and climate?

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large bodies of water

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26
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What is melting?

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Change from solid to liquid when heat is added

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27
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what is Solidification (freezing)

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changing from liquid to solid as heat is removed

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28
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What is Evaporation
(vaporization)

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changing from liquid to a gas as heat is added

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what is Condensation

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changing from gas to liquid as heat is removed

30
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What is Sublimation

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changing from gas directly into a solid or solid to gas bypassing the liquid phase

31
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What is latent heat?

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heat energy which is added or taken away form a material or substance, and it is used for the change in phase

32
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Insolation =

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Incoming Solar Radiation

33
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What actually is insolation?

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The portion of the sun’s output of electromagnetic radiation that us recieved by earth at the outermost part of our atmosphere

34
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Reflection

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When energy bounces off a material

35
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Refraction meaning

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Energy can pass through matter and bend as it exits the material

36
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Results of refraction

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rainbows, seeing a fish in water when its actually ahead of it.

37
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What is scattering?

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Energy can be dispersed in many different direction as it interacts with matter

38
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Transmission

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When energy passes through a material

39
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What is absorption?

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energy can be taken into a material and remain there like a sponge

40
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In a day how of much of insolation reaches the surface and how much is scattered and absorbed by the upper atmosphere?

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54 % reach the surface and 46% scattered

41
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When does earth shed heat?

A

at night

42
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What is one factor that can affect insolation?

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Weather- clouds block insolation from getting to earth’s surface

43
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What is the angle of insolation and what is it’s rule?

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The angle that insolation strikes the earth and as it increases so does the intensity of insolation

44
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when is there a higer angle of incidence?

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when the sun is higher in the sky this caused more insolation to be absorbed

45
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What are some other factors that affect insolation?

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latitiude, season, duration of insolation

46
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What is the affect of duration of insolation?

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if the sun is out for a longer period of time the more insolation

47
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During summer if you go farther north water happens to the duration of insolation?

A

it gets longer

48
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During the winter what happens to the duration of insolation if you go farther south?

A

the longer duration of insolation

49
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During equinoxes what happens to the duration of insolation everywhere around earth?

A

it is equal all around the earth

50
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where do people experience “midnight” sun or 24 hours of daylight depending on the solstice

A

latitudes 66.6 N and higher and 66.5 S and lower

51
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What are some symptoms of midnight Sun

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Hypomania(trouble sleeping), unusual mood of excitement of irritableness

52
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Where do polar nights occur or 24 hours of darkness depending on the solstice?

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latitudes 66.5 N and higher and 66.5 S and lower

53
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What are the symptoms of polar nights?

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Fatigue, depression, solipsism syndrome(loneliness, detachment from own world)

54
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which surfaces absorb and radiate quicker

A

dark and rough surfaces

55
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which surfaces are highly reflective to sunlight?

A

ice and snow (smooth and light)

56
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GOOD ABSORBERS ARE….

A

GOOD RADIATORS

57
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When short visible/UV rays are absorbed and reradiated by earth what happens

A

those rays turn into long infrared rays

58
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During the day what does the earth absorb?

A

UV rays and visible light

59
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At night was does the earth reradiate?

A

long infrared rays

60
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/what is the heat given off by earth called?

A

terrestrial radiation/ground radiation

61
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Why do we lose most of our heat on a clear, calm, dry night?

A

no clouds to trap heat

62
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What cuts down incoming solar radiation causing cooling?

A

Dust and Pollutants

63
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What caused global warming?

A

Green house gases trappinng outgoing infrared radiation

64
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What are the three greenhouse gases?

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Co2, Water Vapor and Methane

65
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Greenhouse gases cause the earth to be about what temperature and what would it be without the greenhouse gases?

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abt 60 degrees F but without it 0 degrees

66
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What does the burning of wood and fossil fuels do to harm our atmosphere?

A

they release Co2 and other green house gases which intensify the Greenhouse affect

67
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What does global warming result in?

A

Sea levels rising due to melting of ice caps

68
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What is global warming?

A

An increase in Earth’s surface temeprature

69
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What can we do to reduce the number of greenhouse gases?

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  1. stop burning fossil fuel
  2. use eco-friendly products
  3. car pool
  4. use alternative enrgy sources

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