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Heating Earth's Surface and Atmosphere
Objectives
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 After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 2, you should be able to:
- Discuss the causes of the seasons and the significance of the solstices and equinoxes.
- Explain the difference between heat and temperature.
- Describe the difference between kinetic and potential energy.
- Distinguish among the three basic mechanisms of energy transfer, and give an example of each.
- Discuss radiation and list the basic laws of radiation.
- Describe what happens to incoming solar radiation as it passes through the atmosphere.
- Explain the greenhouse effect and how Earth's atmosphere is heated.
- Describe Earth's heat budget and latitudinal heat balance.
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