ENERGY TRANSFER I * Energy on our planet originates from the Sun
ENERGY FROM THE SUN COMES IN MANY FORMS.
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes forms!
RADIATION- DIRECT TRANSFER OF ENERGY IN THE FORM OF EM WAVES
PARTS OF A WAVE
MUCH OF THE ENERGY FROM THE SUN IS ABSORBED …
SOME ENERGY FROM THE SUN IS REFLECTED IN OUR ATMOSPHERE
SCATTERING- REFLECTION OF LIGHT IN ALL DIRECTIONS
BECAUSE SHORTER WAVES ARE BLUE/VIOLET THEY ARE REFLECTED EASIER. LONGER WAVES REFLECT THE REDS/ORANGES.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT- INFRARED ENERGY GETS TRAPPED WITHIN LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CAUSING AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE.
ASSIGNMENT- EM SPECTRUM POSTER
ENERGY TRANSFER II
KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER Molecules are always in motion. As you add heat/energy to a system molecules move faster. Removing heat/energy to a system slows molecular movement.
THERMAL ENERGY Total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance.
TEMPERATURE Average amount of energy of motion of each molecule of a substance.
THERMOMETER Thin, glass tube with a bulb on one end that contains a liquid. When the air temperature increases the liquid in the bulb expands. Cool air contracts the liquid or molecules in a thermometer. made/videos/how-its-made-thermometers.htm
DENSITY- Measure of the amount of atoms in a given area. The faster the atoms move and the farther apart they get the fewer there will be in the same area.
PRESSURE- Measure of how many atoms are pushing on a given space. The fewer the atoms on a given space the lower the pressure.
VOLUME- Amount of space that an object takes up. The farther apart the atoms are, the more space they take up.
HEAT TRANSFER 1. Radiation 2. Conduction 3. Convection
CONDUCTION Direct transfer of heat from one substance to another that is touching. *Solids conduct more effectively than liquids and gases.
CONVECTION The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid/gas. Hot air rises, cold air sinks.
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HEAT/ENERGY AND EARTH SCIENCE
FUSION- Process of hydrogen atoms combining to form helium atoms. As atoms collide energy is released. Eventually this process will end. External source of energy for the Earth.
FISSION- The splitting of an atom’s nucleus into two smaller nuclei. Energy is released. Earth’s core (internal) source of energy.
ENERGY AND ENERGY TRANSFER DRIVE THE EARTH’S SYSTEMS