EER 1000 – Climate Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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EER 1000 – Climate Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
What is the global energy balance? - answerThe 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? - answer1. Shortwave energy is absorbed
an...
EER 1000 – Climate Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
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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