Atmospheric Energy

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  • Created on: 25-04-18 19:33
The more harmful (higher energy) waves don't reach us because...
They are scattered through the atmosphere
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Albedo is what?
The reflectivity of the Earths surface
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Most of the energy from the sun is being absorbed by...
The oceans in the tropical regions
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Why do higher level clouds allow a lot more radiation through and not reflect it
Because they have less contained within them
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The absorbed energy may be
Either
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What wavelengths of visible light does chlorophyll absorb least efficiently?
Green
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The Goldilocks principle suggest what?
Earth is exactly right for life
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Does water vapour absorb infrared at long or short wave lengths?
Long
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Altering the atmosphere artificially is an example of
Geoengineering
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Altering the atmosphere artificially means we could
Offset some of the greenhouse effect
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Putting solar mirrors outside the atmosphere is used to..
Reflect some of the sun back before it hits the Earths atmosphere
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Injecting more aerosols in the stratosphere it will...
Scatter radiation directly
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Smaller water droplets produce darker of whiter clouds?
Whiter
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Which land surface has the lowest albedo?
Water at low latitudes
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How much colder would temperatures at the Earth's surface be if there was no greenhouse effect?
30°C
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What is the volume of 1 mole of hydrogen gas (H₂) at room temperature (20°C)
24 L
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What is the volume of 1 mole of Argon gas (Ar) at room temperature (20°C)
24 L
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What is the volume of 1 mole of any gas at 0°C?
22.4 L
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What is the general gas constant?
8.314 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹
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Albedo is what?

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The reflectivity of the Earths surface

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Most of the energy from the sun is being absorbed by...

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Why do higher level clouds allow a lot more radiation through and not reflect it

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The absorbed energy may be

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