Earth and the Sun's Energy

The Sun's Energy

Mr. Mendoza

Without googling in your virtual notebooks, come up with your best definition of Electromagnetic Radiation! NO CHEATING!

The Sun's Energy

1. Electromagnetic radiation consists of electric & magnetic disturbances that travel through space as waves.

2. The electromagnetic spectrum organizes forms of EM energy by wavelength

The Sun's Energy

3. The Sun produces electromagnetic radiation across the spectrum radio waves, microwaves, infrared energy (heat), visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, & gamma rays

Multiple Choice

The Sun does not produces electromagnetic radiation

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

• X-rays

• Visible Light

• Gamma Rays

• Ultraviolet Rays

Multiple Choice

Electromagnetic Radiation...

• consists of electric & magnetic disturbances that travel through space as waves.

• Waves and water moving through earth

• The milky way galaxy forming an distributing energy to its respective solar panels

Multiple Choice

The longer the wave length the more harmful it is

• True

• False

Which gas blocks ultraviolet radiation from the Sun?

The Ozone Layer

The gas blocking ultraviolet radiation from the Sun is called...

Ozone (O3) It is found in the stratosphere. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) damage O3. These are found in aerosols, coolants, & cleaners

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most common ozone destroying pollutants?

• Chloroflurocarbons

• particular matter

• Nitrogen dioxide

• carbon monoxide

Multiple Choice

One way to stop the destruction of ozone is vy reducing human created pollutants.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What happens to form ozone gas?

• Oxygen molecules interact with the UV rays from the Sun.

• Chlorine molecules interact with the UV rays from the Sun.

• Oxygen and chlorine molecules produce a gas.

Multiple Choice

The amount of ozone protecting us is decreasing.

• True

• False