Chapter 4

4. Sun also gives off streams of ionized particles
5. instruments to measure temperature
8. Process of waves striking an object may be assimilated by that object
9. Gas molecules and particulate matter in air deflect some light waves and redirect them
10. electromagnetic radiation classified by wavelength
12. group of wavelengths composed of thermal infrared radiation
14. is process of electromagnetic energy emitting from an object
15. Overall reflectivity of an object or a surface

1. Process of heat transfer through a medium
2. Process of energy transfer from one point to another by vertical circulation of a fluid
3. group of wavelengths composed of visible light, ultraviolet, and short infrared radiation
6. the only significant source of energy for Earth’s atmospheric processes
7. If neither absorbed nor reflected, it may pass through a surface or an object
11. a description of the average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance
13. incoming solar radiation