Sunday, September 14, 2008

Force- measured in newtons. 
-whatever can cause an object with mass to accelerate
-has magnitude and direction (vector quantity)

Energy-Joules
-the ability to do work

Power-Watts
-rate at which work is performed or energy transmitted
-P=w/t

*Why is CO2 a greenhouse gas and nitrogen not?

----Co2 is a green house gas because it blocks sunlight, radiation and heat
-it all depends on the composition of each element.
-needs to be monoatomic
-noble gases are not greenhouse gases
-nitrogen=diatomic molecule


**Project=Question Number 3: Global Solar Energy
-learned that 31 percent of incident sunlight is reflected and only 69 percent is used either on earth or functions within the atmosphere.
-drew the char illustrating that 45% is directly converted to thermal energy, 23% evaporated, 1% of the energy of winds and currents, and 0.08% used in photosynthesis


1 comment:

Larry said...

Good basic information. Needs more analysis and discussion based on additional reading.