ERTH 335 Test 1 Study Guide.

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ERTH 335 Test 1 Study Guide.


Celsius to Fahrenheit - answer✔F= 1.8 (C) +32


emitted light - answer✔- comes from object


- Doesn't involve reflection


- All objects are hot enough to emit light, but most aren't hot enough to emit visible light


reflected light - answer✔- comes form outside source


- can only reflect colors that are shined on them


- Aways same type of radiation that was incident


Ultraviolet - answer✔"Beyond violet" end of electromagnetic spectrum


Infrared - answer✔"Beyond red" beginning of electromagnetic spectrum


- what greenhouse effect involves


Energy - answer✔the ability to do work


kinetic energy - answer✔energy of motion


potetial energy - answer✔stored energy that can be released (gravitational)
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chemical energy - answer✔Energy stored in chemical bonds


heat emission - answer✔heat energy given off by an object as it cools


What the sun emits - answer✔- Visible light


- visible radiation


- Shortwave radiation


- solar radiation


What the Earth emits - answer✔- Infrared radiation


- Long wave radiation


Units of energy - answer✔joule and calorie


1 calorie = 4,184 joules


Power - answer✔- rate at which energy is used


- measured in watts


- 1 w = 1 J/S


Flux - answer✔Power per unit area


- Rate of energy transferred per area


- Measured in watts per meter squared



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