[A&O SCI 1] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (43 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Phase changes: evaporation (requires energy therefore removes heat from liquid, latent heat flux is directly proportional to evaporation, latent heat flux is positive when there is loss of water, associate with water. Convection: transfer of heat from one place to another by movement of fluids, energy transferred by the mass motion of molecules. What type of energy transfers occurs mainly in: hot, dry land surfaces such as deserts. Sensible heat flux: warm oceans in the wintertime. Sensible heat flux: very wet land surfaces, such as tropical forests. The radiation emana4ng from substance 1 encounters substance 2, which absorbs the radiation. Since radiation can travel through a vacuum, this form of energy transfer can occur over arbitrarily large distances. As we will see, it is how the sun heats the earth, and is the original source of all energy and energy fluxes on the planet. It is also key to understanding energy flows within the earth system, including the greenhouse effect.
