Meteorology
Across
- 4. absorption of infrared radiation by water vapor and CO2
- 5. solar wind interactions with Earth’s magnetic field
- 11. transfer of heat from molecule to molecule within a substance
- 12. northern lights
- 14. heat we feel and measure with a thermometer
- 15. light wavelength 0.4-0.7 micrometers
- 18. ability or capacity to do work
- 19. UV 11+
- 20. dark blemishes on the photosphere of the sun
Down
- 1. objects that selectively absorb and emit radiation
- 2. charged particles traveling through space in the form of plasma
- 3. transfer of heat by the mass movement of a fluid
- 6. southern lights
- 7. rising air bubbles in a vertical heat exchange
- 8. our nearest star
- 9. distribution of light in all directions
- 10. measure of average speed of atoms and molecules
- 13. energy transferred from the sun to an object
- 16. an object that is a perfect absorber and emitter
- 17. energy is the process of being transferred