GEOG 203 Midterm: SECTION 1 REVIEW GUIDE
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System = anything that contains a set of things, flows of energy and matter: system is separated from its environment, open anything can come and go, closed only energy can come and go not matter. Temperature = how much energy is present: more temperature more radiation shorter wavelength. Sun has shortwave radiation this radiation is received. Earth has longwave radiation this is radiation that we emit. What wavelength is emitted and received by a body. Incoming solar radiation received from the earth at its average distance. Seasonality what side of earth receives more or less radiation and when: due to earth tilt bringing one hemisphere closer to the sun during their reflective summers. Net radiation = all incoming- all outgoing radiation. Energy transfers by latitude through ocean and atmospheric circulation. Greenhouse effect: effe(cid:272)t of gasses (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a(cid:271)le to a(cid:271)sor(cid:271) (cid:373)ore heat/ does(cid:374)"t let heat leave agai(cid:374)
