Science 7 Test Flashcards
What is Latitude?
Measure of North and South on the map
What is Longitude?
East and West
What is a Sling Psychrometer?
Both sides are thermometers one side has a cloth on it so you can put water on and evaporates into a vapor
What is the dew point?
Temp at which water vapor will condense back to a liquid
What is the Relative humidity?
The percentage of water in the air at once
What is temperature?
Measuring the temperature in a substance
What is radiation?
Transferring of energy using no particles produced by the sun. Goes from a high source of energy to a low source of energy
What type of radiation can we physically see?
Light
What is convection?
Fluid particles that heats up then goes to motion (How wind is created)
What is thermosphere?
The third stage into going into space