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You learned about Earth's spheres, Earth's energy budget, and Earth's carbon cycle.
A. Your reading this about Earth's energy budget. Answer each of the following questions and EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING using the concepts you learned about energy.
a. What would happen to the temperature of Earth's atmosphere if Earth's clouds became thicker, and doubled the rate with which the atmosphere reflects solar energy?
b. What would happen to the temperature of Earth's atmosphere if the Earth's land surfaces became covered in a thick layer of ice, doubling the rate with which the land surfaces reflect solar energy?
c. What would happen to the temperature of Earth's atmosphere if all of the ice on Earth's land surfaces melted, cutting in half the rate with which the land surfaces reflect solar energy?
Draw a picture that:
1) Shows how energy from the Sun interacts with or in EACH of Earth's spheres;
2) Shows how carbon interacts with or in EACH of the Earth's spheres;
3) Shows interactions between energy and the carbon cycle; and
4) Could be used to make predictions about how changes in energy or carbon would impact the Earth's spheres.