Earths Energy Budget crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Dioxide makes up about 78% of the Earth's greenhouse gas amounts and is at risk for anthoprogenic change
  2. 4. about 16% of solar radiation is absorbed and 6% is reflected by this component of Earth
  3. 5. makes up 11% of the Earth's greenhouse gas amount and absorbs infrared radiation
  4. 7. 51% of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by this part of the planet
  5. 8. a plan that show how something enters and leaves and remains in a system.
  6. 9. A 10-year cycle period of change in the sun's activity measured in a varying number of sunspots.
  7. 10. The amount of solar radiation that reaches a given area on Earth's surface.
  8. 11. the ability of certain surfaces to reflect sunlight
Down
  1. 1. - Heated/radiated air rises up and is released into the atmosphere
  2. 2. about 20% of solar radiation is reflected and 3% is absorbed.
  3. 3. gasses in the Earth's atmosphere that trap heat
  4. 6. The convectional measure of the solar constant at a distance of approximately 1AU
  5. 7. Represents the constant amount of energy that reaches the top of Earth's atmosphere from the sun in watts per meter squared.
  6. 12. of the 51% of the suns energy that is absorbed by the surface about 25% of absorbed surface radiation is released into space when precipitation is converted into water vapor in this process