5. Complete the chart below. Mechanism of Energy Transfer Mechanism Requires direct contact? Requires a medium? Conduction yes Convection Radiation

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Chapter 17
The Atmosphere: Structure and Temperature
5. Complete the chart below.
Mechanism of Energy Transfer
Mechanism
Requires direct contact?
Requires a medium?
Conduction
yes
Convection
Radiation
Is the following sentence true or false? All objects at any
temperature emit radiant energy.
6.
Hotter objects emit
area than colder objects do.
7.
total energy per unit
Is the following sentence true or false? The hotter a radiating
body is, the longer the wavelengths of maximum radiation it will
produce.
8.
Objects that are good absorbers of radiation are also good
of radiation.
9.
What Happens to Solar Ra
n?
List three things that can happen when radiation
strikes an object.
10.
11. Circle the letter of the process that produces rays that travel in all
directions.
a. absorption
b. transmission
c. reflection
d. scattering
12. About
percent of the solar energy reaching
the outer atmosphere is reflected or scattered back into
space.
13. What is the greenhouse effect?
14. Is the following sentence true or false? Another term for the
greenhouse effect is global warming.
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Transcribed Image Text:Name Class Date Chapter 17 The Atmosphere: Structure and Temperature 5. Complete the chart below. Mechanism of Energy Transfer Mechanism Requires direct contact? Requires a medium? Conduction yes Convection Radiation Is the following sentence true or false? All objects at any temperature emit radiant energy. 6. Hotter objects emit area than colder objects do. 7. total energy per unit Is the following sentence true or false? The hotter a radiating body is, the longer the wavelengths of maximum radiation it will produce. 8. Objects that are good absorbers of radiation are also good of radiation. 9. What Happens to Solar Ra n? List three things that can happen when radiation strikes an object. 10. 11. Circle the letter of the process that produces rays that travel in all directions. a. absorption b. transmission c. reflection d. scattering 12. About percent of the solar energy reaching the outer atmosphere is reflected or scattered back into space. 13. What is the greenhouse effect? 14. Is the following sentence true or false? Another term for the greenhouse effect is global warming. Earth Science Guided Reading and Study Workbook 129
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