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Key Concept Builder
Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere
Key Concept How does energy transfer from the Sun to Earth and the atmosphere?
Directions: Answer each question on the lines provided.
1. What is the term for the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?
2. Which three components make up almost all the energy Earth receives from the Sun?
4. How does the atmospheric ozone layer protect Earth?
5. About how much incoming solar radiation is absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere?
6. How do bright surfaces on Earth affect what happens to incoming sunlight?
7. About how much incoming solar radiation reaches Earth’s surface and is absorbed?
8. What is absorbed radiation reemitted as?
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LESSON 2
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Directions: On each line, write the term that correctly completes each sentence. Each term is used only once unless otherwise
stated..
air pollution
sinking
convection
lenticular
stable
mountain wave
temperature inversion
Unstable (use twice)
1. When warm air rises, energy is transferred to the atmosphere
by
.
2. Rising air is always accompanied by
air.
4. This type of air movement creates
clouds.
3. Air moving over a mountain range is called a(n)
warmer
cooler
.
5. When air is
, the vertical movements of air are strong. This is because air
6. When air is
, these movements are weak. This is because air temperature is
temperature is _________________.
_________________.
7. A(n)
occurs when air in the upper troposphere is warmer than air in the
lower troposphere. This occurs when air is _____________________.
8. _____________________ air can cause thunderstorms to form.
9. This condition can cause a buildup of
Key Concept How does energy transfer from the Sun
to Earth and the atmosphere?
Directions: Study the diagram. Then explain what the diagram shows
at each step on the lines below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Directions: Answer each question on the lines provided.
5. What name is given to the process depicted in the diagram?
6. Which gases in the atmosphere contribute the most to this process?
at lower altitudes.