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Heating of earth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what form does the sun radiate energy? | In coming solar radiation (short waves) |
| Define a wavelength. | The difference between the crest of two waves |
| Why is the sky blue not black? | It's blue because the airparticals are clean and they are reflecting blue |
| Why are sunsets characterized by a red glow? | Because there's a lot of dust in the air making the sun look red but actually the sky is dirty |
| What is the Tropopause? | This boundary is found between the troposphere and the stratosphere |
| How much of the sun's energy reaches the tropopause? | 30% |
| Only 45% of insulation (short-wave radiation) reaches the earth surface. What happens to the remaining 55%? | Gets absorbed or reflected back by clouds |
| Terrestrial radiation | Radiates heat in the form of long waves |
| Conduction | Is the transfer of heat energy form one air molecules to another |
| Convection | Vertical transfer of heat energy by movement of the molecules |
| Advection | Release of latent heat |
Created by:
Ryan Jenkins