Albedo
A word used to describe the amount of sunlight that bounces, or reflects, off of Earth.
What is albedo?
Change of the state of Earth's climate system.
What is climate change?
Any object that provides support
What is a structure?
A process that involves the movement of carbon from its organic state to its inorganic state.
What is the Carbon Cycle?
A colour that has an albedo of around 1.0 while black has an albedo of around 0.
What is white?
Like warm sunshine from the sun that gives us light and heat.
What is Solar Radiation?
The amount of force needed to hold up an object of more than 100 grams.
What is a Newton?
The circulation of oxygen in various forms through nature.
What is Respiration?
Examples of this are like when leaves change color in autumn and fall to the ground, or when snow covers the land.
What are natural changes in albedo?
A place warming 2-3 times faster than other places around the world.
What is the Arctic?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
The rotting of organic material.
What is Decay?
When melting ice exposes darker surfaces which absorb more sunlight.
What is ice-albedo feedback?
The term used to describe ice that forms in a single winter, but won't survive the summer.
What is first-year ice?
A flat structure which is supported at each end.
What is a beam?
When green plants transform light energy into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The person who first discovered Albedo.
Who is Joseph Lamberts?
The percentage of global warming that is caused by the loss of sea ice.
What is 25%?
The result when a structure can no longer stand up to the forces acting on it.
What is structural failure?
A chemical reaction between substances that is usually accompanied by heat and fire.
What is Combustion?