Insolation and the Seasons
Topic 6
Insolation and the Seasons
Topic 6
Created by P. Bordas MS, CCC-SLP
Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up at the end! Can you guess it before it comes
up?
Solar Radiation and Insolation
InsolationThe portion of the sun’s output of electromagnetic radiation that is
received by Earth at the outermost part of our atmosphere (INcoming SOLar
radiATION)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insolation
OzoneA form of oxygen gas that absorbes
nearly all ultraviolet radiation in Earth’s upper atmosphere
http://ipy.nasa.gov/multimedia/m000000/m000000/m000001/160657main_OZONE_large_web.png
Angle of IncidenceThe angle at which the insolation
strikes Earth’s surface
http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/oxford/Oxford_Sports/0199210896.angle-of-incidence.1.jpg
TranspirationA process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere as
part of their life functions
http://www.fijiaquifer.com/images/Transpiration.jpg
Greenhouse GasesCarbon dioxide, water vapor, methane,
and other gases in the atmosphere
http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/greenhouseeffectexplained.gif
Global WarmingAn increase in average Earth
temperatures
http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroPhilo/GlobalWarming.jpg
Heat Budget and Climate Change
Heat BudgetThe result of the balance between the
total amount of energy an object receives and the total energy it emits or
loses
http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc.notes/2.heating.earth.surface/images/earth.atm.heat.budget.jpg
Ice agesPeriods when glaciers advanced into
the middle latitudes caused by shifts in heat balance
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/files/imagecache/news/files/news/20081113_ice_age.jpg
El NinoA warming event that occurs every 2 to 10 years in. The normally cold waters
of the eastern Pacific Ocean, off western South America, are replaced
with a vast area of warmer waters
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