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The total amount of energy stored in an object is called

A) potential energy
B) kinetic energy.
C) ​heat.
D) ​temperature
E) ​pressure

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Earth's radiative equilibrium temperature is the

A) average temperature at which Earth is absorbing solar radiation and emitting infrared radiation at equal rates.
B) average temperature at which Earth is radiating energy at maximum intensity.
C) ​average temperature Earth must maintain to prevent oceans from freezing solid.
D) temperature at which rates of evaporation and condensation on Earth are in balance.
E) ​temperature that humans and animals can survive in on Earth.

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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At night,low clouds weaken the atmospheric greenhouse effect.

Most climate models predict that Earth's average surface temperature will increase by an additional ____________________ by the end of this century.

The solar wind is not responsible for solar storms.Solar wind and solar storm are simply different names for the same phenomena.

Often before sunrise on a clear,calm,cold morning,ice (frost) can be seen on the tops of parked cars,even when the air temperature is above freezing because the tops of cars are cooling by a loss of

Each year,Earth's surface radiates away more energy than it receives from the Sun.

Carbon dioxide,____________________,nitrous oxide,and ____________________ are the greenhouse gases that appear to be responsible for the enhancement of Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.

Because Earth is ____________________ than the Sun,it emits ____________________ radiation than the Sun.​

Solar winds are composed of

Most of the radiation emitted by a human body is in the form of

What determines the type (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits?

The magnetosphere is​

When a body reaches a(n)____________________equilibrium temperature,the amount of radiation entering the surface of the body equals the amount exiting the surface of the body.

The combined albedo of Earth and the atmosphere is approximately ____ percent.

Temperature is a measure of the average speed of ____________________ and ____________________.​

Earth emits radiation with greatest intensity at

Most of the solar wind emitted by the Sun never reaches Earth due to Earth's tilt.

As ocean temperatures increase,which greenhouse gas increases and enhances the atmospheric greenhouse effect,thereby illustrating a positive feedback process?

Earth's albedo is ____________________ percent.