Quiz 5 Flashcards
Ionic bonds are ____ charged
Neutrally
Happens when there are more greenhouse gases?
There’s more infrared absorption
Temperatures on earth are ________
Cyclical
What do IR waves do in the atmosphere?
They vibrate molecules and release heat
What are visible waves released as?
Infrared waves
Only ______ will form anions
Nonmetals
Only ______ will form cations
Metals
In what three ways are earths climates naturally variable?
1) Earths orbit, tilt and pull change
2) suns intensity changes
3) atmospheric composition changes
Sunlight is least comprised of what radiation?
UV
Charged atom
Ion
Large wavelength means ___ frequency
Low
What happens to UV and IR radiation?
Mostly absorbed by atmosphere first time
Is the symbol for methane?
CH4
Greenhouse effect
A naturally occurring phenomenon of earths atmosphere
When should you use parentheses when writing a formula with polyatomic ions?
When the subscript is more than 1
Ions are electrically ______
Charged atom
What frequency has the smallest wavelength?
Gamma
Bonds can ______ and ______
Stretch and vibrate
What will joy form ions?
Metalloids, group 4a nonmetals, noble gases
What do greenhouse gases do?
They help maintain earths temperature
Greenhouse gas has the most global warming potential?
CFCs
CO2 reacts with water to produce what?
Acid rain
What does wavelength measure?
Distance between peaks
What is the main source of CO2 in the atmosphere?
Energy production
Smallest ratio of cations and anions
Formula unit