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2. True or false: The Earth's temperature depends on many factors, including the absorption of infrared radiation from the sun, and the emission of radiation from the Earth's surface and atmosphere.

  • True
  • False

3. True or false: The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1Kg of the substance by 1 degrees.

  • True
  • False

4. True or false: Blackbody radiation is radiation emitted by a body that absorbs only some of the radiation incident on it.

  • True
  • False

5. True or false: The temperature of an object decreases if it absorbs more radiation than it emits.

  • False
  • True
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