Earth's Energy Budget

When solar energy hits the earth

• it can be reflected by light colored surfaces like ice

• it can be absorbed by light colored surfaces by ice

• it can be reflected by dark colored surfaces like asphalt

• it cannot affect processes that occur on earth

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Heat is radiated back to space from earth as

• visible light

• ultraviolet radiation

• gamma radiation

• infrared radiation

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The wavelengths of electromagnetic energy that can be seen by humans is known as

• ultrared radiation

• visible light

• ultraviolet radiation

• infrared radiation

According to the diagram, what can happen when solar energy hits clouds in Earth's atmosphere?

• it can be reflected or absorbed

• it can only be absorbed

• it can only be reflected

• it is neither reflected nor absorbed

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The sun transfers energy to Earth by radiation

• True

• False

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Visible light is

• the light you can see from the sun

• this is where most of the warmth that you feel from the sun comes from

• higher-energy radiation that can harm life

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Infrared Light is

• the light you can see from the sun

• this is where most of the warmth that you feel from the sun comes from

• higher-energy radiation that can harm life

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Ultraviolet light is

• the light you can see from the sun

• this is where most of the warmth that you feel from the sun comes from

• higher-energy radiation that can harm life

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True or False:

An unbalanced energy budget can increase or decrease global temperatures and disrupt the balance of energy in Earth's system.

• True

• False

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What 2 things can disturb the Earth's energy budget?

• decrease in greenhouse gases

• increase in polar ice caps

• increase in greenhouse gases

• decrease in polar ice caps

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