What is Matter?
Substance in which all physical objects are composed.
What are the two different types of energy?
1. Kinetic Energy: Energy of motion
2. Potential Energy: Energy of position
What is Radiation?
The transfer of heat energy through electromagnetic radiation.
What is Solar Radiation?
Radiation/heat from the sun. The hotter the radiation, the shorter the wavelengths.
What is Terrestrial Radiation?
Radiation/heat emitting from the earth's surface, the wavelengths are larger because they are cooler.
What is the Solar Zenith Angle?
The angle between the sun rays and the vertical direction.
What is thermal response?
How temperature responds to the input/output of heat.
What is thermal inertia?
How water exhibits greater resistance to temperature change than land.
What is the Isothermal Layer and where is it located in the vertical structure?
The isothermal layer is the layer in thermopause where the temperature remains constant with height.
What is a temperature inversion?
When a high-altitude mass of warm air moves into an area over cooler air near the surface.