EER 1000 - Climate Study
Set Exam
What is the global energy balance? - Answer The difference between all forms of
energy(solar)that enter the climate system and those that leave.
What 2 factors regulate the warmth of our planet? - Answer 1. Shortwave energy is
absorbed and then reradiated as heat.
2. Greenhouse gases trap longwave radiation in the atmosphere.
The energy balance is the key to understanding....
a) How solar radiation influence earth's climate.
b) How earth's climate can support living things on the planet and how human activities
are now warming the atmosphere.
c) How the color of Earth's surface affect the average global warming temperatures.
d)How all forms of energy transforms the Earth's surface and its atmosphere. - Answer
b)How earth's climate can support living things on the planet and how human activities
are now warming the atmosphere.
What is the large amount of energy emitted from the sun called? - Answer Solar
radiation
As solar radiation travels through the atmosphere, it provides energy that fuels a system
of physical and biological process known as Earth's ___________ ___________ - Answer
Climate System
Solar radiation moves through space in ___________
a) waves
b) frequencies
c) rays
d) magic - Answer a) waves
What is a wavelength? - Answer It is a measure of the distance between two waves in a
space.
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