Greenhouse Effect and Earth's Atmosphere Quiz

<p>Changes in climate due to human activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assuming equal rates of receiving and emitting thermal energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The enhanced greenhouse effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of reducing the amount of radiation emitted into space by a planet's atmosphere, resulting in a warmer planet</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The reduction in radiation emitted into space from Earth due to an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by human activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in the climate due to human activities, also called global warming</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radiation from the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information stored electronically in a structured and organized way, which may be continually updated with new data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A simplified visualization of a real physical system and how it changes with time, usually part of a computer modelling process</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using simplified mathematical models to understand physical systems and then expanding them as needed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Sun and all the objects that orbit around it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Earth receiving and emitting radiation' - the energy balance for Earth showing radiant thermal energy received and emitted by the planet</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Greenhouse effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By trapping thermal energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Producing information from hypothetical scenarios</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Based on conservation of energy principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Activity of internal energy sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human-induced alterations to climate systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absorbing and re-emitting radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increasing concentration of greenhouse gases due to human activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anthropogenic climate change</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radiation arriving from the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide a simplified visualization of a real physical system and its changes over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By trapping thermal energy in the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Solar system</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radiation emitted by Earth's atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Extracting' information from simplified visualizations of physical systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Information stored electronically in a structured and organized way</p> Signup and view all the answers