Physics 27-30

Question 1

samples from the lowest parts of the ice in the Arctic used to gain information about the climate when the ice was formed

Answer 1

Core Samples

Question 2

Refers to conditions of temperature, air, pressure, cloud cover, precipitation and humidity

Answer 2

Weather

Question 3

The average weather conditions that occur in a region over a long period of time

Answer 3

Climate

Question 4

A relatively thin layer of earth that has conditions suitable for supporting life as we know it

Answer 4

The Blasphere

Question 5

The thin layer of gases surrounding earth. 500km above earth and made up of oxygen, nitrogen and other gases

Answer 5

Atmosphere

Question 6

Solid particles less then 0.66mm in diameter that is suspended in the atmosphere

Answer 6

Atmospheric Dust

Question 7

The solid portion of the Earth runs to about 100 km below

Answer 7

Uthosphere

Question 8

The layer below the lithosphere 600 km below the surface

Answer 8

Mantle

Question 9

All the water on earth 97% is salt water

Answer 9

Hydrosphere

Question 10

The distance above the earth’s surface

Answer 10

Altitude

Question 11

The atmosphere layer above the troposphere from 10km-50km above the surface

Answer 11

Stratosphere

Question 12

The layer of atmospheric layer 0km - 10km above earth’s surface average climate is 15 degrees

Answer 12

Troposphere

Question 13

A molecule made up of three atoms of oxygen - in the stratosphere - contains most of oxygen

Answer 13

Ozone

Question 14

The third atmospheric layer above the earth’s surface temp ranges from 0 to 100 degrees

Answer 14

Mesosphere

Question 15

Very little gas in this layer -100 to 1500 degrees

Answer 15

thermosphere

Question 16

A reversal of normal temperature patterns seen in the troposphere, occurs in mountains

Answer 16

Inversion

Question 17

The energy possessed by a substance by virtue by kinetic energy of its molecules and atoms

Answer 17

Thermal Energy

Question 18

Energy that is transmitted as electromagnetic waves

Answer 18

Radiant Energy

Question 19

The amount of solar energy received by a region of the earths’s surface

Answer 19

Isolation

Question 20

The degree by which earth’s poles are tilted from the perpendicular of the plane of its orbit. Earth’s= 23.5 degrees

Answer 20

Angle of Inclination

Question 21

Parallel to the equator

Answer 21

Latitudes

Question 22

The number of daylight hours is equal to the night

Answer 22

equinox

Question 23

The angle between a ray falling on a surface and the line perpendicular to the earth

Answer 23

Angle of Incidence

Question 24

When particles reflect energy, they change the ray’s direction

Answer 24

Reflect

Question 25

When particles absorb energy, the energy is converted to a different one

Answer 25

Absorb

Question 26

The percent of solar radiation that a surface reflects. Earth's average = 30% of 0.30 snow = higher albedo

Answer 26

Albedo

Question 27

The absorption of thermal energy by the atmosphere

Answer 27

Natural Greenhouse Effect

Question 28

Gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect

Answer 28

Greenhouse Gases

Question 29

The difference between the amount of incoming radiation and outgoing radiation reemitted from the Earth's surface and atmosphere

Answer 29

Net Radiation Budget

Question 30

The radiant energy from the sun emitted by the hydrogen -- hydrogen nuclear fusion reaction that occurs in the sun's core electromagnetic radiation

Answer 30

Solar Radiation

Question 31

The energy in the movement of air may be used to turn wind turbines

Answer 31

Wind Energy

Question 32

The movement in water caused by the nyclroiog cycle can be used in hydro-electric dams to make other energy

Answer 32

Water Energy

Question 33

Any form of organic material, are substances of indirect solar energy, since they store the energy of the sun through photosynthesis all those can be released by combustion

Answer 33

Biomass

Question 34

also indirect solar energy, also released by combustions

Answer 34

Fossil Fuel

Question 35

Energy obtained from a conversion of mass to energy in a nuclear reaction

Answer 35

Fission

Question 36

The thermal energy from Earth interior. Geothermal power plants use the super neated water to create steam powered turbines

Answer 36

Geothermical Energy

Question 37

Involves the movement of ocean water, creating tides the kinetic energy of the water movement can be transformed into other forms of energy

Answer 37

Tidal Energy