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1 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Guide for Content Master yChapter 11 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the BasicsIn your textbook, read about the composition of the the letter of the choice that best completes the of Earth s atmosphere is composed and and and and vapor in the atmosphere is the source and amount of energy the atmosphere absorbs depends in part on its level particles in the atmosphere include salt and in Earth s atmosphere is important because it rain to harmful harmful clouds your textbook.

2 Read about the structure of the the table by writing the layer of the atmosphere that matches each Guide FOR Content concentrated just above the weather occurs layer of the mesosphere and exospherethermosphereCopyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Basics, continuedIn your textbook, read about how the atmosphere is the diagram below. Then answer the is the source of all energy that reaches Earth? percentage of the Sun s energy does Earth s surface absorb directly or indirectly?

3 Percentage of the Sun s energy is scattered or reflected back into space? Whatcauses this loss of solar energy?About 35%; lost energy is scattered by the atmosphere, reflected from clouds, and reflected from Earth s s surface is heated by energy from the Sun. For the most part, the rereleased energy fromthe surface heats the atmosphere. Describe the method by which energy is transferred fromEarth s surface to the air above of air on Earth s surface collide with and transfer energy to particles of air in the very lowest part of the atmosphere by is the transfer of energy by the flow of a heated substance.

4 Heated air near Earth s surface rises, expands, and starts to cool. When it cools below the temperature of surrounding air, it increases in density and sinks, creating a convection Sun6% scatteredto space byatmosphere25% directsolar radiationabsorbed byEarth s surfaceEarth s SurfaceOuter edgeof atmosphere25% indirectly sent to and absorbed byEarth s surface after being reflected andscattered by clouds and atmosphere4% reflectedfrom Earth ssurfaceSun100%25% reflectedfrom clouds15% solarenergyabsorbeddirectly byatmosphere(incomingsolarradiation)

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