Chapter 17 Vocabulary
Across
- 4. Transfer of heat by movement within a substance (liquids only)
- 6. Equinox March 21/22: Start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere
- 8. Transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.
- 10. Type of reflection that produces large number of weak rays.
- 13. Solstice June 21/22: First official day of summer in Northern Hemisphere.
- 15. Fraction of total radiation that is reflected by any surface.
- 16. Solstice December 21/22; first day of winter.
- 17. Layer that contains only a small fraction of the atmosphere's mass.
- 18. Measure of average kinetic energy of atoms in a substance.
- 19. Transfer of energy due to temperature differences in objects.
Down
- 1. A molecule of oxygen containing three oxygen atoms.
- 2. A line connecting points of equal temperature.
- 3. Electromagnetic waves bounce off objects.
- 5. Lowest layer of the atmosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.
- 7. Layer just above the troposphere at 20km above the Earth, ozone is concentrated here causing temperature increases.
- 9. Equinox Start of autumn in Northern Hemisphere.
- 11. Transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves.
- 12. Effect Heating of the Earth's surface & atmosphere from solar radiation.
- 14. Layer that is about 80km above the Earth, just below the thermosphere.