Why the sky is blue

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Three wavelengths

Short, medium, long

Heat

Transfer of energy from one hot object to a cooler object

Electromagnetic waves

A form of energy that can form threw space

Infrared radiation

A form of energy where wavelengths are longer than red

Ultraviolet

A form of energy where wavelengths are shorter than violet light.

Temperature

Average amount of energy of motion of molecules How hot or cold something is

Long

Bend the least Infrared- feel as heat

Short

Bend the most, gives the sky the blue color. Ultraviolet, cants be seen

Radiation

Direct energy by electromagnetic waves ( the sun)

Radiation

Direct transfer of heat energy by electronic waves

Scattering ( why the sky is blue)

Electromagnetic, Radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet, scattering, the green house affect

Thermometer

Measures air temperature

Medium

The colors we can see. The rainbow

The greenhouse affect

The holding of heat by gasses especially (CO2), when there is too much we have global warming

Scattering

The reason the sky is blue

thermal energy

The total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance

Convection

The transfer of heat by the movement of fluid

Conduction

The transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that is touching


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