P2.2-3 - Infrared radiation

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All objects..

..emit and restore infrared radiation

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When an objects is hotter..

..it emits more radiation

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Black body

An object that absorbs all the radiation that hits it

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Black body radiation

Radiation admitted by a black body

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How the temperature of an object changes it absorbs more radiation that it emits

Increases

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How the temperature of an object changes it emits more radiation that it absorbs

Decreases

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Factors affecting the temperature of the earth

  • absorption of infrared radiation from the sun

  • emission of radiation from the earth’s surface and atmosphere