Earth's Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect

Gamma and Radio

Visible and Ultraviolet

Longwave and Shortwave

Shortwave and Longwave

it can be either reflected or absorbed by the atmosphere and/or the surface

it is all absorbed by the atmosphere and the surface

it is mostly reflected by the atmosphere and the surface

it cannot affect processes that occur on earth

longwave radiation is more energetic than shortwave

shortwave radiation is released from the earth as heat and longwave radiation comes from the sun

longwave radiation in less energetic than shortwave radiation

shortwave radiation is able to be absorbed by greenhouse gases and longwave radiation can not be absorbed by greenhouse gases

We should spend way more money on taking care of Earth.

The balance between the energy humans consume and the pollution humans emit.

The balance between the energy that Earth receives from the sun and the energy that Earth re-emits/reflects back.

The balance between the energy coming in from the sun and the energy that humans need to survive.

5%

20%

30%

50%

more heat arriving at the earth from the sun than the earth emits out into space

the earth releasing more heat at night than it receives during the day

certain gases in the atmosphere that are trapping heat released by the earth.

the varying difference in the distance we are from the sun throughout the year.

be too warm to sustain human life

be too cold to sustain human life

not have enough oxygen would be present in the atmosphere to sustain human life

have too much carbon dioxide would be present in the atmosphere to sustain human life

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere