Describe the radiation emitted from both the Sun and Earth in terms of the electromagnetic spectrum

What will be an ideal response?


The sun emits shortwave radiation primarily in the visible and infrared wavelengths, while Earth emits longwave radiation primarily in the thermal infrared wavelengths.

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One hypothesis for the Agricultural Revolution is that growing populations forced people to find new food sources, such that they began to sow cereal grains and breed animals

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Latitude indicates a point's location north or south of the equator

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In many parts of the world, renewable forests are shrinking and topsoil is eroding. This fact is evidence that ____.

A. all forms of technology increase environmental impacts B. affluence has no impact on the health of the environment C. point sources of pollution are easy to identify D. the market prices of goods include the harmful environmental costs of producing them E. we are living unsustainably

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Which of the following was a result of the Berlin Conference?

A) the surrender of all German-held colonies in Africa B) the expulsion of all European colonial powers from Africa C) the abolishment of slavery throughout Africa D) the creation of boundary divisions that often placed hostile ethnic groups in the same colonial territory E) the merging of all African colonies into one colonial entity controlled by England

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