Grade 6 Science: Earth's Energy Budget
Explore the Earth's energy budget, understanding how solar radiation is absorbed, reflected, and re-emitted, and its impact on Earth's climate.
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Earth's Energy Budget
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. What is the primary source of energy for Earth's energy budget?
Earth's core
The Moon
The Sun
Volcanic eruptions
2. What happens to most of the solar radiation that reaches Earth?
It is all reflected back into space.
It is all absorbed by the Earth's surface.
It is partly absorbed and partly reflected.
It is converted into sound energy.
3. The Earth's energy budget describes the balance between incoming solar and outgoing terrestrial radiation.
4. Dark surfaces, like oceans and forests, tend to more solar radiation.
5. Light surfaces, like ice and snow, tend to more solar radiation.
6. The Earth's energy budget is always perfectly balanced.
True
False
7. The greenhouse effect is a natural process that helps regulate Earth's temperature.
True
False
8. Describe what happens when solar radiation reaches Earth's atmosphere.
9. Explain the difference between absorption and reflection in the context of Earth's energy budget.
10. Observe the diagram below showing the path of solar radiation to Earth. Label the parts indicating absorption and reflection.
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