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Geog 131 Chapter 3,4 Questions answers latest update
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Geog 131 Chapter 3,4 Questions answers latest update
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Geog 131 Chapter 3,4What is Earth's Main Energy outputs? - Thermal Infrared Radiation
The passage of shortwave and longwave energy through the atmosphere and
water is an example of what? - Transmission
What is Diffuse Radiatoin - Incoming Radiation that reaches Earth's surface after
scattering.
What type of Scattering explains the blue sky? - Rayleigh Scattering
Andrew Study Mirages - Star this card to remember.
What is Earth's Albedo - 31%
What does Water Vapor and CO2 absorb? - Longwave radiation
Latent Heat - The energy gained or lost when a substance changes state.
Conduction - Molecule to Molecule energy transfer
, Convention - Vertical Heat/Energy Transfer
Advection - Horizontal Heat/Energy transfer e.g. wind blowing warm air
radiation - Energy transferred by waves or rays
The greenhouse effect - Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's
atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases
greenhouse forcing - absorbed
long-wave- degraded energy: emitted as infrared and heat
warming effect. This can be attributed to high clouds bouncing wave back.
36 degree n and s latitude energy balance - Energy that is lost and gained due to
solar radiation is balanced at 36 degrees
daily insolation - All the radiation received on Earth's surface over the day
temperature - How warm or cool the earth is over the day
Celcius - Metric temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils
at 100 degrees
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