Albedo
What color relates to high albedo?
White
What is an area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water?
Aquifer
What does sunlight not reach the poles as much as the equator?
Earth is spherical
Sunlight spreads out as it moves away from the equator
What is the distance in degrees north or south of the equator?
Lattitude
What color relates to low albedo?
Black
What is when water moves from Earth's surface back to the atmosphere?
Water Cycle
What is warmer urban/rural?
Urban
What is the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves?
Radiation
Does high albedo or low albedo reflect light?
High albedo
What is moisture that falls from the clouds?
Precipitation
What has the higher specific heat (sand, water, or air)
water
What is the transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collision of particles?
Conduction
Name something in nature that has high albedo.
Teacher Response
Where does sunlight strike the earth most directly?
Equator
Name something in nature with low albedo.
Teacher Response
What are the 3 ways that the Earth receives energy from the sun.
Energy is reflected back into space/atmosphere
Energy is absorbed by land/water
Energy is absorbed into the atmosphere