ENERGY - Earth Science

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Was wavelength decreases, frequency ___________.

Increases

The surface that best reflects electromagnetic energy is ____ and _____

Light and smooth

Reflected

Light that is bounced off the surface of an object

The heated part of the fluid gets__________ (convection)

Lighter and rises

Earth generates energy with ______

Nuclear fission

Which is greater; nuclear fussion or fission

Nuclear fission

What is the major source of energy for Earth processes such as mountain building, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes?

Nuclear fission in Earth's core

What is the major source of energy for Earth processes such as EROSION and the WEATHER?

Nuclear fussion in sun's core

Heat from a lamp or a fireplace

Radiation

Heat is transferred from the sun to your body by the process of

Radiation

The transfer of the sun's heat energy through space is called _______

Radiation

When Earth cools, most of the energy transferred from Earth's surface to space is transferred by the process of

Radiation

An object that is a good absorber of heat is also a good _____ of heat

Radiator

In general, good absorbers of electromagnetic radiation are also good

Radiators

In the visible spectrum, which color has the longest wavelength?

Red

Density differences causes bending called

Refraction

Absorption texture

Rough

The cooler part of the fluid ______ (convection)

Sink

Reflected texture

Smooth

Condensation

The change from water vapor to liquid water

electromagnetic radiation

The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves.

Convection

The movement of heat by currents within heated material

Conduction

The movement of heat to an object by its contact with a hotter object

Radiation

Transfer of heat in the form of short waves

Radiant energy is transferred by waves moving through a

Vacuum

In the visible spectrum, which color has the shortest wavelength?

Violet

The various types of electromagnetic energy are distinguished from one another by their _____

Wavelength and frequency

Radiation is heat transferred by ——— traveling through space

Waves

Heat transfer

When heat travels from one place to another

Reflected color

White

convection current

a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

Compared to a light-colored rock with a smooth surface, a dark-colored rock with a rough surface will

absorb more insolation and reflect less insolation

During which phase change does water release the most heat energy?

condensation

gas to liquid

condensation

dynamic equilibrium

condition of continuous, random movement of particles but no overall change in concentration of materials

The transfer of heat by direct contact is called

conduction

As wavelength increases, frequency __________________.

decreases

When fluids get heated, density ------

decreases (less density)

liquid to solid

freezing/solidification

Which type of electromagnetic energy has the shortest wavelength?

gamma rays

What are fluids?

gases and liquids

which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection

heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences

When fluids cool, density -------

increases (more density)

transmitted light

light passing through the object

solid to liquid

melting

The Sun generates energy via

nuclear fusion

Refracted light

process where light slows down and bends as it travels from one medium to another; known as "bent light"

What type of electromagnetic energy has the longest wavelength?

radio waves

Forms of energy

sound, radiant, wind, thermal, mechanical, electrical, and chemical

Vacuum

space without matter

During a phase change, the temperature of a substance

stays the same

absorbed

taken in

Wavelength

the distance between two peaks in a wave

Nuclear fussion

the process of two nuclei with low masses combining to form one nucleus of larger mass

Liquid to gas

vaporization

Which process requires the addition of energy to water?

vaporization of water

Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

violet

Any object that radiates NO electromagnetic energy at all has a temperature of?

0°K

When water vapor condenses, how much heat energy will be released into the atmosphere?

2260 joules/gram

_____ would absorb the most solar radiation, assuming equal geographic area?

A forest

Nuclear fission

A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

0°K is known as

Absolute Zero

Radiation can travel through

Air, glass, and other materials you can see through

electromagnetic spectrum

All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

Better absorbers of energy =

Better radiators

Which process releases 2260 joules of heat energy per gram of water into the environment?

Condensation

Heat is transferred through solids by ______

Conduction

In a machine, heat energy caused by friction is transferred by

Conduction

In solids, heat is always transferred by ______

Conduction

When you put your hand in warm water, heat is transferred to your hand by _____

Conduction

Heat is transferred from a hot oven to warm the whole kitchen by the process of

Convection

Heat is transferred in fluids by _______

Convection

Heat transferred by the movement of molecules in fluids is called ______

Convection

Absorption color

Dark (black)

When electromagnetic energy travels from air into water, the waves are bent due to the ______ differences

Density

Electromagnetic spectrum is also known as

Electromagnetic range

The higher the frequency, the more _____

Energy

Electromagnetic energy

Forms of energy that travel at a speed of 300,000 km per second, each form having a different frequency and wavelength.

infrared radiation

Heat

Frequency

How many wave peaks pass a certain point per given time


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