SOAR-High Earth System Science
Introduction: Electromagnetic Radiation
Notes
  Name  _____________
Date  __________
Take notes on the information on this web page:
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session5/sess5_electromagnetic.ht

1.  What is the name of the closest star to planet Earth?  ______________

2.  What exactly is a star?
 

3.   What two kinds of energy does the Sun emit?  Write the names and describe each:

        Kind of energy emitted
 Description of the energy
1.


   
2.



   


4.  What are the three ways energy can move (transfer)?

       Method of energy transfer
 Description 
1.
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2.

   
3. 


   










5.  What are seven kinds of Electromagnetic wavelengths?
1.
 Longest Wavelength
Frequency: ________
Energy Level: ______
2.  ce
3.
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6.
7. Shortest Wavelength
Frequency: _______
Energy Level: _____

6.  What is the speed of all of the energy waves in the electromagnetic spectrum?  ____________________
 

7.  What percentage of the Sun's radiation coming to Earth is each wavelength?