Urban Heating

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Urban Heating

• Cloud Cover and Surface Temperature

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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.

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QUESTION

• WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY IS THE SURFACE
  TEMPERATURE WARMER OR COOLER?

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ANSWER

• THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS COOLER WHEN THERE
  ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY!!!!

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QUESTION

• WHY IS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE COOLER WHEN
  THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY?

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ANSWER

• THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS COOLER BECAUSE THE
  CLOUDS REFLECT AND ABSORB THE SUNS RAYS

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QUESTION

• WHERE DID WE GET THE INFORMATION FOR THIS
  EXPERIMENT?

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ANSWER

• WE GOT IT AT WWW.GLOBE.GOV

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QUESTION

• ON AVERAGE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SUNLIGHT IS
  REFLECTED BY THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE, NEVER
  REACHING THE EARTHS SURFACE?

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ANWSER

• 30

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Question

• WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING REFFERING TO?

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ANSWER

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

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Question

• What is the Average Temperature of the Earth?

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Answer

• 58 F

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Question

• What are the three different types of Heat
  Islands?

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Answer

• Canopy Layer Heat Island (CLHI)
• Surface Heat Island (SHI)
• Boundary Layer Heat Island (BLHI)

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Question

• Name three of the five causes of Urban Heat
  Islands?

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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.

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QUESTION

• HOW MUCH OF THE SUNS RADIATION IS EMMITED AS
  HEAT FROM THE EARTH(AFTER IT HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY
  THE EARTH)?

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ANSWER

• 70