Blank Jeopardy

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Energy Transfer
Balance in the System
Wind
Grab Bag
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Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is
called what
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Radiation
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Energy transferred as heat through a material is
called what?
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Thermal Conduction
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Thermal Energy transferred by circulation of a
liquid or gas is called what?
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Convection
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Radiation is the transfer of energy as what?
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Electromagnetic Waves
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Thermal conduction is the transfer of energy as
what?
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Heat through a material
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The process by which gases in the atmosphere
absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to
Earth is called what?
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Greenhouse effect
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When the amount of energy received from the sun
and the amount of energy returned to space are
about equal, it is called what?
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Radiation balance
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One reason for global warming may be what?
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Increasing greenhouse gases.
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What is a major source of human-caused air
pollution?
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Vehicle exhaust
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What happens to most solar energy that reaches
Earths atmosphere?
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It is absorbed by Earths surface
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What causes wind?
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Differences in air pressure.
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What causes differences in air pressure around
the Earth?
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Warm air rising at the equator and cold air
sinking at the poles.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north
appear to curve to the east because of what?
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The Coriolis Effect
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Global winds that blow from west to east are
called what?
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Westerlies
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Narrow belts of wind that can reach 400 km/h are
called what?
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Jet Streams
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Local winds are produced by what?
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Local geographic features
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Convection is the transfer of energy by what?
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The circulation of liquid or gas.
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Global warming may be caused by what?
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Increasing greenhouse gases
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Wind occurs because of differences in what?
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Air pressure
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Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?
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Because warm air is less dense than cold air
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The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
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Radiation
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The transfer of energy as heat through a material
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Thermal conduction
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The transfer of energy by circulation of liquid
or gas
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Convection
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The process by which gases in the atmosphere
absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to
Earth is called what?
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Greenhouse Effect
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The gradual increase in Earths temperature due
to increased greenhouse gases.
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Global Warming