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The Sun Powers Earth's Climate System
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The Sun Powers Earth's Climate System
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16 Questions

1. When radiation contacts a particle of matter what happens?

2. Define ultraviolet radiation

3. What are these types of radiation apart of?

4. What can the Earth's climate be defined as?

5. Define Heat Sink

6. What does a specific heat capacity involve?

7. What does the sun's energy provide on earth?

8. How is the sun's energy used on earth?

9. Define infrared radiation

10. How much of the sun's energy is reflected back to space?

11. How does the sun's energy travel to earth?

12. Define specific heat capacity

13. Radiation from the sun has three part what are they?

14. What does the sun's energy support?

15. How much of the sun's energy is absorbed by the earth's surface?

16. Define thermal energy