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Urban Heating

Urban Heating . Cloud Cover and Surface Temperature. Main Points. Activity - questions and when answer get cloud or sun depending on if correct and each is worth points - and team with most points wins. QUESTION:. WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY IS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE WARMER OR COOLER?.

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Urban Heating

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  1. Urban Heating Cloud Cover and Surface Temperature

  2. Main Points • Activity - questions and when answer get cloud or sun depending on if correct and each is worth points - and team with most points wins.

  3. QUESTION: • WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY IS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE WARMER OR COOLER?

  4. ANSWER: • THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS COOLER WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY!!!!

  5. QUESTION: • WHY IS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE COOLER WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY?

  6. ANSWER: • THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS COOLER BECAUSE THE CLOUDS REFLECT AND ABSORB THE SUN’S RAYS

  7. QUESTION: • WHERE DID WE GET THE INFORMATION FOR THIS EXPERIMENT?

  8. ANSWER: • WE GOT IT AT WWW.GLOBE.GOV

  9. QUESTION: • ON AVERAGE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SUNLIGHT IS REFLECTED BY THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE, NEVER REACHING THE EARTH’S SURFACE?

  10. ANWSER: • 30 %

  11. Question: • WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING REFFERING TO?

  12. ANSWER: • INCREASE of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that increases the temperature of the earth.

  13. Question: • What is the Average Temperature of the Earth?

  14. Answer: • 58 F

  15. Question: • What are the three different types of Heat Islands?

  16. Answer: • Canopy Layer Heat Island (CLHI) • Surface Heat Island (SHI) • Boundary Layer Heat Island (BLHI)

  17. Question: • Name three of the five causes of Urban Heat Islands?

  18. Answer: • Weather • Geographic location • time of day and season • City form - lack of green space, amount of cement and asphalt etc. • City functions - Air pollution, industry etc.

  19. QUESTION: • HOW MUCH OF THE SUN’S RADIATION IS EMMITED AS HEAT FROM THE EARTH(AFTER IT HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY THE EARTH)?

  20. ANSWER: • 70%

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