Do you understand the relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? This computer model shows factors such as clouds and carbon dioxide that could cause global temperatures to rise. Students investigate how the energy balancing of incoming and outgoing radiation affects Earth's atmosphere. Activity includes analysis questions that can be saved and graded by the instructor.

Concepts

carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases

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Additional Tags

atmosphere, greenhouse gas, infrared radiation, concord consortium: stem resources: greenhouse gases/ohio pg.er.2.b, ohio pg.er.2.b, stem resource

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice