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What is the term for the measure of thermal energy in the atmosphere?
what is the term for the measure of thermal energy in the atmosphere
How is most thermal energy in the atmosphere transfered?
From the surface, it would be via convection currents
When light energy is absorbed by an object the energy is converted to?
atmosphere, land and water Also Thermal Energy!
The top 10 feet of the ocean contains the same quantity of thermal energy as exists in the whole atmosphere?
True!
How does a thermostat use thermal expansion to run the heater?
thermostats contain bimetallic strips, which are strips of two different metals joined together. When the thermostat is on cool, thermal energy is released. when the thermostat is on high, thermal energy moves through the air (everywhere in the atmosphere).
What is the term for the measure of thermal energy in the atmosphere?
what is the term for the measure of thermal energy in the atmosphere
How does most thermal energy in the atmosphere move?
convection
What layer of the atmosphere has little thermal energy?
exosphere
What does the absorption of thermal energy from the ground do to earths surface?
The absorption of thermal energy from the ground heats the lower atmosphere and keeps Earth's surface much warmer than it would if there were no atmosphere. :)
What do brakes do?
A vehicals brakes convert kinetic energy into thermal energy through friction and dissipate the thermal energy into the atmosphere
How is the earth's atmosphere trpping thermal energy radiated by the sun?
convection!
What are gases that absorb thermal energy in the atmosphere called?
Greenhouse gases.
How is thermal energy transferred in the atmosphere?
From the surface, it would be via convection currents
Earth's atmosphere trapping thermal energy radiated by the sun?
Greenhouse effect
Why will a metal rail and wooden floor have the same coldness after sometime?
Despite different thermal characteristics they have reached thermal equilibrium with the ambient atmosphere.
Which method does most thermal energy in the atmosphere circulate?
Convection, where the transfer of thermal energy it occurs by the actual movement of the heated air in a circular motion.
By which method does most thermal energy in the atmosphere circulated?
Convection, where the transfer of thermal energy it occurs by the actual movement of the heated air in a circular motion.
