Energy and properties of the Atmosphere

The amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius is known as

• Conduction

• Specific Heat

• Humidity

• Barometric pressure

The energy used to drive weather originally comes from

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• The Sun

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Electromagnetic radiation is differentiated by

• wavelength

• conduction

• velocity

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Which has the longest wavelength

• Gamma Rays

• Infrared

• Ultraviolet

• red light

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Which would absorb the most radiation

• a field covered by new snowfall

• A freshly plowed field of soil

Which will reflect the most radiation?

• Dark and rough surfaces

• Dark and smooth Surfaces

• Light colored and smooth

• Light colored and rough

Water heats up slowly due to its

• low specific heat

• high specific heat

• low viscosity

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The specific heat of lead is in joules/gram

• 4.18

• .84

• .13

• 1.65

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The transfer of heat(energy) through solids

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Winds blow from areas of _____ pressure to areas of ______ low

• High, High

• High, Low

• Low, High

• Low, Low

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