The Source of Earth’s Heat
Answer the following questions in your journal. Write using complete sentences and rephrase the question in your
answer.
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What is energy from the sun called?
What is radiation (look in the glossary of the book)?
List the two forms of solar radiation.
Only some of the sun’s energy is absorbed by the Earth’s surface. What happens to the rest of the energy?
How much radiation does snow absorb? A dark forest?
Explain how the temperature of a surface is an indication of how much heat energy has been absorbed.
Explain what causes the different seasons on Earth.
Draw and label the diagram on page 31.
The Source of Earth’s Heat
Answer the following questions in your journal. Write using complete sentences and rephrase the question in your
answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is energy from the sun called?
What is radiation (look in the glossary of the book)?
List the two forms of solar radiation.
Only some of the sun’s energy is absorbed by the Earth’s surface. What happens to the rest of the energy?
How much radiation does snow absorb? A dark forest?
Explain how the temperature of a surface is an indication of how much heat energy has been absorbed.
Explain what causes the different seasons on Earth.
Draw and label the diagram on page 31.
The Source of Earth’s Heat
Answer the following questions in your journal. Write using complete sentences and rephrase the question in your
answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is energy from the sun called?
What is radiation (look in the glossary of the book)?
List the two forms of solar radiation.
Only some of the sun’s energy is absorbed by the Earth’s surface. What happens to the rest of the energy?
How much radiation does snow absorb? A dark forest?
Explain how the temperature of a surface is an indication of how much heat energy has been absorbed.
Explain what causes the different seasons on Earth.
Draw and label the diagram on page 31.