Earth's Energy Budget

Where do we get most of our energy from?

• Energy budget

• Venus

• The sun

• Electricity

About how much of the Earth's light rays get reflected back to space?

• 25%

• 30%

• 100%

• 5%

Why is the energy budget important?

• I just know it is important

• Because your teacher said so

• It determines our climate on earth

• it stops pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What amount of incoming solar energy is absorbed by Earth's surface?

• 23%

• 51%

• 49%

• 15%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth's energy budget is like an equation. Choose the correct equation.

• energy in = energy out

• energy in is less than energy out

• energy in is more than energy out

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of Earth by gases in our atmosphere is known as

• The Trapping Effect

• The Gaseous Effect

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Earth Energy Budget Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What would happen to Earth's temperature if the energy absorbed from the sun (solar radiation) was less than the emitted (thermal) energy leaving the Earth?

• The Earth's temperature would remain the same

• The Earth would get cooler

• The Earth's temperature would fluctuate

• The Earth would get hotter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_% of Earth's incoming solar energy is reflected by the atmosphere.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

_% of Earth's incoming solar energy is reflected by clouds.

_% of Earth's incoming solar energy is reflected from the Earth's surface.