Name things that gases What causes wind? Water and make up the earth’s liquids land heats up atmosphere. solids at different rates Coriolis effect The sun heats parts of the earth more than others What happens to the It can be absorbed or How do you calculate Density = mass heat from the sun? reflected. density? divided by volume What causes the sky Scattering What is infrared A form of energy that to look blue? radiation? has a longer wave length (red and orange) that we cannot see but we can feel it What is ultraviolet A form of energy that What is thermal The measure of the radiation? has a shorter wave energy? total energy of length (blue and motion. purple) that we cannot see Objects with the same temperature but with a larger mass have greater thermal energy.
Name things that make up the earth’s atmosphere. gases liquids solids What causes wind? Water and land heats up at different rates Coriolis effect The sun heats parts of the earth more than others What happens to the heat from the sun? It can be absorbed or reflected. How do you calculate density? Density = mass divided by volume What causes the sky to look blue? Scattering What is infrared radiation? A form of energy that has a longer wave length (red and orange) that we cannot see but we can feel it What is ultraviolet radiation? A form of energy that has a shorter wave length (blue and purple) that we cannot see What is thermal energy? The measure of the total energy of motion. Objects with the same temperature but with a larger mass have greater thermal energy.