The Sun and Earth's Energy Budget

Which type of solar energy has the longest wavelength?

• ultraviolet radiation

• they all have the same wavelengths

• visible light

• infrared radiation

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20% of Earth's incoming energy is reflected by clouds

• True

• False

Pick ALL the energy sources that can be traced back to the sun.

• water

• wind

• fossil fuels

• sun

• geothermal

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How are "Fossil Fuels" traced back to the sun?

• fossil fuels are made from plastic and the sun is needed for it

• it is not traced back to the sun

• the sun's electromagnetic waves cause heat and heat is needed for Earth to warm up

• fossil fuels are the remains of ancient plants and animals that once needed the sun to survive

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How is wind energy traced back to the sun?

• the sun heats photovoltaic panels on wind turbines and then it produces energy

• the sun unevenly heats the Earth causing wind currents

• it's not

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Greenhouse gases, such as ____________ and _____________, absorb energy from Earth's surface and keep that energy in the atmosphere.

• carbon monoxide and helium

• water vapor and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and water vapor

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The _____________ is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and give off infrared radiation. Essentially, it's how the Earth stays warm.

• coriolis effect

• greenhouse effect

• carbonaro effect

• predicted effect

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Energy from the sun is called

• hydroelectric

• nuclear energy

• wind harnessing

• electromagnetic radiation

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Electromagnetic waves of energy from the sun heat our atmosphere and this energy distribution is known as

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• pressurization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The sun heats up the inside of a car. This is what type of energy distribution?

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• collision

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