Earth-Sun Relationships
Atm. Characteristics
Layers of the Atm.
Heat Transfer
100
On june 21-22 the suns vertical rays are located at the tropic of cancer at 23.5 degrese north.
What is summer solstice
100
How far is earth tilted on its axis?
What is 23.5
100
The bottom layer of the atmosphere
What is the troposhere
100
Consists of different wavelengths
What is radiation
200
The earths axis is inclined this many degrese
What is 23.5 degrese
200
What does the earth revolve around?
What is the sun
200
Temperature in the troposphere __________ with altitude
What is decreases
200
A very short wave
What is gamma
300
The suns vertical rays are located at the equator in March 21-22
What is spring equionox
300
What is atmosphere heated by?
What is greenhouse effect
300
Auroras exist in the ______
What is the thermosphere
300
Largely transparent to incoming solar radiation
What is atmosphere
400
The earth revolves around this.
What is the sun
400
How much of solar radiation is absorbed by earths surface?
What is 50%
400
How long is the stratosphere?
What is 12km-50km
400
Percent reflected
What is albedo
500
The suns vertical rays are located at the equator on September 21-22
What is autumnal equionox
500
The atmosphere is ______ transparent to incoming solar radiation.
What is largely
500
This is has no well defined upper limit
What is the thermosphere
500
Heat is always transfered from _____ to _____ objects
What is warmer, cooler
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