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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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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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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, ©BRAINBARTER EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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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