Earth Science Energy Review (January)

What phase does water gain the most energy?

What material stores the least amount of heat energy?

Does the equator have a shadow at solar noon?

What type of radiation has the longest wavelength?

_______________ is a phase where energy is gained.

The burning of fossil fuels decreases the temperature on earth.

____________ is the transfer of heat in electromagnetic waves.

A material with the highest specific heat can store the most heat energy.

What is the greatest loss of energy from the sun’s surface into space?

What season do we have a low angle of insolation?

What material heats up the slowest?

Long wave radiation absorbed by greenhouse gases are called....

What are infrared waves?

What time of year is our shadow longest at noon?

What type of radiation has the shortest wavelength?

What is the most environmentally friendly source of energy?

Fossil fuels increase the amount of __________ on earth.

What is the most potent (strongest) greenhouse gas?

_________ colors refracts heat and ___________ colors absorb heat.

Why is a greenhouse warm?

Where does infrared radiation come from?

What is heat transfer where molecules are moving apart?

What is heat transfer where molecules move towards each other?

What time of day is your shadow shortest?

What are the greenhouse gases?

What is another word for a star?

What does the ozone layer protect us from?

_______________ is a phase where energy is released.

__________ rises and ____________ goes down.

What type of surface absorbs the most solar radiation?

What process does starlight travel through?

As you go from July-December, the angle of the sun _____ and the intensity of insolation ____.

Greenhouse gases are bad because they.....

What happens when you open a window in the winter?

What month do we get the most insolation from the sun?

Where does the earth get most of it's energy?

What process makes starts bright so we can see them?