A | B |
another name for light energy | radiant energy |
radiated heat energy | infra red light |
released energy that moves through air in pressure waves | definition of sound energy |
energy that an object has due to its position | gravitational energy, potential energy, potential gravitational energy |
energy of movement | kinetic energy |
mechanical energy | potential energy plus kinitic energy |
energy stored in bonds that link atoms to make molecules | definition of chemical energy |
waves light travels in | electromagnetic |
energy of movement of particles | definition of heat energy |
heat moving by touch | conduction |
heat moving in moving fluids | convection currents |
examples of chemical energy | food, fuels that can be burned |
Wavelength of light one step longer than infrared | microwave |
wavelength of light shorter than violet | ultraviolet |
Dangers of exposure to ultraviolet light | sun burn, skin cancer, mutations |
Layer of atmosphere where greenhouse gasses trap infrared light | troposphere (lowest layer) |
Gas in stratosphere that blocks ultraviolet light | ozone |
animal that can see in infrared | pit vipers including rattlesnakes |
between yellow and blue light | green light is between these |