climate change

Question 1

weather

Answer 1

Refers to the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

• The long-term pattern of weather conditions in a particular area, typically observed over a period of 30 years or more.

Question 3

earths energy budget

Answer 3

• It refers to the balance between the energy Earth receives from the Sun and the energy it radiates back into space.

Question 4

solar radiation

Answer 4

• When lights are measured on a spectrum.
  Different types of light will interact differently with the atmosphere.

Question 5

visible light

Answer 5

• Colours that can be seen by the human eye.
  
  • It is absorbed and reflected by the Earth’s surface.
  • Reflected light becomes infrared.

Question 6

UV radiation

Answer 6

• Invisible.
  
  • Causes sunburns, skin cancers, and eye damage.
  • Is absorbed in the mesosphere.

Question 7

infrared radiation

Answer 7

• Felt as heat.
  
  • Is absorbed by both the troposphere and the Earth’s surface.