Energy Vocabulary

6. Radiation: heat energy from the sun
7. Energy- Is the energy from the Sun transmitted as electromagnetic wave
8. Energy- Stored energy or energy of position
9. Most abundant of nonrenewable resource produces sulfur dioxide
11. outer layer that creates the ‘solar wind’ which can go 800 km/s
13. Cycle- The continuous process by which carbon is exchanged between organisms and the environment
14. an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light
15. A soft brownish coal showing traces of plant structure, intermediate between bituminous coal and peat

1. waves- Electromagnetic radiation spectrum at wavelengths longer than those of visible light
2. occurs as pockets of air near earth’s surface are heated, become less dense, rise, cool, and sink
3. Winds: They are a continuous stream of electrically charged particles that are given off by a magnetic field around the sun
4. cooler areas of surface that appear darker
5. Hard variety that contains relatively pure carbon and burns with little flame and smoke (cleanest burning)
10. The ability to do work
12. Fuels- Fuel that have been formed from the fossilized remains of prehistoric plants and animals