Energy Vocabulary

5. They are a continuous stream of electrically charged particles that are given off by a magnetic field
6. surface layer responsible for most of visible light
12. Have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, slowest
13. Electromagnetic radiation spectrum at wavelengths longer than those of visible light,
14. opaque to light.
15. The source of all energy on Earth
16. outer layer that creates the ‘solar wind’ which can go 800 km/s

1. heat energy from the sun
2. cooler areas of surface that appear darker
3. occurs when heat energy is transferred from earth’s surface air to atmospheric air.
4. electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than approximately one tenth of a
5. explosive out burst
7. the sun
8. occurs as pockets of air near earth’s surface are heated, become less dense, rise, cool, and sink.
9. an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many
10. The ability to do work
11. Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun. Filtered by ozone layer