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12-1 Energy in the Atmosphere
Chapter 12 Section 1
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6th Grade
03/11/2009

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Term
Visible light is
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Visible light is a mixture of all colors of the rainbow
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infrared radiation has wavelengths that are ________________
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infrared radiation has wavelengths that are longer than visible light
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Ultraviolet radiation (radiation we feel) has wavelengths that are __________ than visible light.
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Ultraviolet radiation has wavelengths that are shorther than visible light.
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Infrared radiation can be felt as _________
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Infrared radiation can be felt as heat.
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Energy that heats the atmosphere is known as __________.
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Energy that heats the atmosphere is known as infrared radiation.
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Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by
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ozone
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reflection of the light in all directions is called _________
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scattering
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process by which gases hold heat in air is called the ___
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greenhouse effect (bag thermometer demonstration)
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