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as infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet light.

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​Solar energy travels to Earth...

Open Ended

How much of the sun's energy is absorbed?

​-Has wavelengths that are longer than red light.

-invisible

-Felt as heat

​​Infrared

-​All the colors you see in the rainbow

• ROYGBIV

​​Visible light

-Invisible

-Wavelengths shorter than violet

-Can cause sunburns, skin cancer, eye damage

​​Ultraviolet

Multiple Choice

The range of wavelengths of radiation(including infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet) is known as

• Earth's energy budget

• solar flares

• the greenhouse effect

• the electromagnetic spectrum

Multiple Choice

The energy coming in to from the sun minus the energy being radiated out is known as

• the greenhouse effect

• global warming

• Earth's energy budget

• the electromagnetic spectrum

Multiple Choice

What percentage of the Sun's energy is reflected back into space?

• 100%

• About 50%

• About 30%

• It depends on the weather.

Multiple Choice

If greenhouse gases increase and build up in our atmosphere, what happens?

• They trap more heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap more heat and global temperatures decrease.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures decrease.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• H₂O

• CH₄

• CO₂

• O₂

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Which type of solar energy has the longest wavelength?

• ultraviolet radiation

• they all have the same wavelengths

• visible light

• infrared radiation

Multiple Choice

Carbon dioxide enters our atmosphere through

• the burning of fossil fuels

• evaporation

• the electromagnetic spectrum

• the process of photosynthesis