Chapter 24.1 and 24.3 Vocabulary Words
Published on Dec 07, 2015
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Electromagnetic Spectrum- The arrangement of waves according to their wavelengths and frequencies.
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Photon- Light acts like a stream of particles
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Continuous Spectrum- produced by incandescent solid liquid, or gas under high pressure.
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Absorption Spectrum- produced when visible light is passed though a relatively cool gas under low pressure.
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Emission Spectrum- produced by a hot gas under low pressure
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Doppler Effect- Refers to the perceived change in wavelength of a wave that is emitted from the source that is moving away or toward and object.
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Photosphere-Radiates most of the sunlight we see and can eb thought of as the visible of the sun.
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Chromosphere- A relatively thin layer of hot gases a few thousand kilometers thick.
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Corona- The outermost portion of the solar atmoposhere
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Solar Wind- The streams of protons and electrons that boil from the corona constitute the solar wind
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Prominence- a concentration of gases above the solar surface that appears as a bright arclike structure.
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Solar Flare- A sudden tremendous eruption in the solar chromosphere
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Aurora- a bright display of every changing light caused by solar radiation interacting with the upper atmosphere in the region of the poles.
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Nuclear Fusion-
The way in which the sun produces energy
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