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Earth's Atmosphere and Its Seasons
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| 1) |
By what process
does the Sun provide energy to Earth? |
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| 2) | What types of energy does the
Sun provide? |
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| 3) | The electromagnetic spectrum
is divided on the basis of _____________________________________. |
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| 4) |
Infrared rays are longer
or shorter (circle
one) than visible rays. |
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| 5) | In the visible light spectrum,
green has longer or shorter
(circle one) wavelengths than orange. |
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| 6) | What do ultraviolet rays cause?
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| 7) | When radiation is absorbed by an
object, its temperature increases or
decreases (circle one). |
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| 8) | What are two basic laws of radiation? 1. _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 9) | Why does metal change color as it
is removed from fire? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 10) | After metal returns to its original
color but is still warm, what type of radiation does it emit? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 11) | What type of energy does the Sun
emit? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 12) | What type of energy does Earth emit? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 13) | Gases in the atmosphere are transparent
to what type of radiation? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 14) | What type of radiation is easily
absorbed by the atmosphere? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 15) | Gases are ____________________________ absorbers
and radiators. |
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