Greenhouse Effect Vocabulary

 The process in which certain gasses in a planet’s atmosphere absorb and emit infrared radiation, resulting in an increase in surface temperature.

• Heat transfer

• Greenhouse effect

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is Radiation?

• The transfer of energy from one substance to another by direct contact.

• The transfer of energy from place to place by the motion of gas or liquid.

• Energy that travels across distances as certain types of electromagnetic waves.

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What is Convection?

• The transfer of energy from one substance to another by direct contact.

• The transfer of energy from place to place by the motion of gas or liquid.

• Energy that travels across distances as certain types of electromagnetic waves.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is Conduction?

• The transfer of energy from one substance to another by direct contact.

• The transfer of energy from place to place by the motion of gas or liquid.

• Energy that travels across distances as certain types of electromagnetic waves.

An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.

• Wind vane

• Anemometer

• Latitude

What is a Wind Vane?

• 1.  A device that measures the direction of wind.

• 1. An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.

What is Density?

• distance from the equator, measured in degrees.

• the distance between the rest and crest

• 1. A property of matter representing mass per unit volume  

At night, when land cools faster than water, warm air rises over the ocean, and cooler air flows in.

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What is Latitude?

• 1. A device that measures the direction of wind.

• 1. distance from the equator, measured in degrees.

• 1. A property of matter representing mass per unit volume  

During the day, land heats up faster than water causing air over the land to rise and expand. Denser ocean air moves into the area of low pressure producing a sea breeze.  

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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