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Insolation and the Seasons Topic 6. Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up at the end! Can you guess it before it comes up?. Created by P. Bordas MS, CCC-SLP. Solar Radiation and Insolation. Insolation.
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Insolation and the SeasonsTopic 6 Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up at the end! Can you guess it before it comes up? Created by P. Bordas MS, CCC-SLP
Insolation The portion of the sun’s output of electromagnetic radiation that is received by Earth at the outermost part of our atmosphere (INcoming SOLar radiATION) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insolation
Ozone A form of oxygen gas that absorbes nearly all ultraviolet radiation in Earth’s upper atmosphere http://ipy.nasa.gov/multimedia/m000000/m000000/m000001/160657main_OZONE_large_web.png
Angle of Incidence The angle at which the insolation strikes Earth’s surface http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/oxford/Oxford_Sports/0199210896.angle-of-incidence.1.jpg
Transpiration A process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere as part of their life functions http://www.fijiaquifer.com/images/Transpiration.jpg
Greenhouse Gases Carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases in the atmosphere http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/greenhouseeffectexplained.gif
Global Warming An increase in average Earth temperatures http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroPhilo/GlobalWarming.jpg
Heat Budget The result of the balance between the total amount of energy an object receives and the total energy it emits or loses http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc.notes/2.heating.earth.surface/images/earth.atm.heat.budget.jpg
Ice ages Periods when glaciers advanced into the middle latitudes caused by shifts in heat balance http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/files/imagecache/news/files/news/20081113_ice_age.jpg
El Nino A warming event that occurs every 2 to 10 years in. The normally cold waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, off western South America, are replaced with a vast area of warmer waters ://www.junglephotos.com/galapagos/satimages/othersatimages/elnino.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.junglephotos.com/galapagos/satimages/othersatimages/elnino.shtml&usg=__8K2ayh1m1DZm9GQzR6ViDb5YD0w=&h=480&w=640&sz=30&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=cv5vCcX6NoXviM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Del%2Bnino%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GZAZ_enUS316US317%26um%3D1