1 Radiative Cooling

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What are the three factors that cause heat to be unequally distributed on Earth?

• Tilted axis and nearly spherical shape

• Length of time the Earth is exposed to solar radiation

• Rotation of the Earth

• Distance from the Sun

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What do these factors create?

• Heat gradient

• Temperature inversion

• Convection currents

• Radiative cooling

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Where does this exist?

• Between the poles

• Temps low at the poles

• High at the equator

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How does energy flow from high to low temperatures?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• All of the above

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Explain how energy flows in the atmosphere.

• Energy

• flows

• from

• high

• to low

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What is Radiative cooling?

• Insolation absorbed by Earth and heated

• Conducted/Radiated back into atmosphere

• Warmest temps between 3-5 pm

• All of the above

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When is Radiative cooling high?

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The Earth's

and nearly spherical shape cause heat to be unequally distributed.

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What are the three factors that cause heat to be unequally distributed on Earth?

• Tilted axis and nearly spherical shape

• Length of time the Earth is exposed to solar radiation

• Rotation of the Earth

• Distance from the sun

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How do clouds affect nighttime and daytime temperatures?

• Clouds make nights cooler and days warmer.

• Clouds make nights warmer and days cooler.

• Clouds have no effect on temperature.

• Clouds make both nights and days warmer.