Earth's Energy Budget

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What is Infrared Light?

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Infrared Light is where most of the warmth that you feel from the sun comes from.

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What is the term for the wavelengths of electromagnetic energy that can be seen by humans?

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Visible light.

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What is the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse?

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Corona.

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List the layers of the Sun in order from the center of the Sun outward.

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Core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere.

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What can happen when solar energy hits clouds in Earth's atmosphere?

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It can be reflected or absorbed.

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What is the main source of energy for Earth's climate system?

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The Sun.

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What is the process called when solar energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface?

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Absorption.

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What is the term for the energy that is reflected back into space?

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Albedo.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The greenhouse effect is the warming of Earth’s surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases.

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What are greenhouse gases?

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Greenhouse gases are gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide and methane.