Inv 4 test

Question 1

Accounts for the difference in the temperature of water and soil after they have both been in the sunshine for the same length of time

Answer 1

Differential Heating

Question 2

To take in or soak up

Answer 2

Absorb

Question 3

A beam of light or radiation

Answer 3

Ray

Question 4

The transfer of kinetic energy from one medium or object to another

Answer 4

Heat

Question 5

Energy that travel through air and space

Answer 5

Radiant Energy (Radiation)

Question 6

The angle at which the sun strikes the earth

Answer 6

Solar angle

Question 7

radiant energy that heats

Answer 7

Thermal energy

Question 8

The state of atmosphere at a particular time or place

Answer 8

Weather

Question 9

The long term prevailing pattern of weather at a given locatiion

Answer 9

Climate

Question 10

scientist who study climate

Answer 10

climatologist

Question 11

study of climate

Answer 11

Climatology

Question 12

the distance north or south from the equator measured in degrees a factor that affects local weather and climate

Answer 12

Latitude

Question 13

Imaginary lines that measure distance east or west of the prime meridian

Answer 13

Longitude