Topic 3: Climate Change

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

The state of the atmosphere at a particular place or time. Short term changes

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

Long term pattern of weather conditions in a particular area, typically over 30 or more years

Question 3

Earths Energy Budget

Answer 3

refers to the balance between the energy Earth receives from the sun and the energy it radiates back.

Question 4

Solar Radiation

Answer 4

Light measured on a spectrum, different light being radiated interacts with the atmosphere in different ways

Question 5

Visible Light

Answer 5

See with the human eye
Is absorbed and reflected by the Earth’s surface, reflected back into the atmosphere as infrared light

Question 6

UV Radiation

Answer 6

Invisible form of radiation absorbed in the mesosphere, causing sunburns, skin cancer and eye damage

Question 7

Infrared Radiation

Answer 7

Felt as heat, is absorbed by both the troposphere and the Earth’s surface.

Question 8

Albedo

Answer 8

Albedo refers to the amount of light a surface reflects

Question 9

Natural GH Effect

Answer 9

The atmosphere is made up of many GH gases that absorb the solar radiation in the troposphere. It maintains earths surface temp.

Question 10

Solar Cycle

Answer 10

The amount of energy the sun produces forms a pattern. The cycle is 11 years containing solar minimum and solar maximum times.&