Lab: Energy Absorption/Reflection
Student Guide and Lab Instructions
In this laboratory exercise, you will design an experiment to test the ability of certain materials to absorb or reflect
sunlight.
Lesson Objectives
• Design an experiment to test your prediction.
• Explain how air temperature, air pressure, air density, and Earth's rotation interact to produce air circulations locally and globally.
• Explain how the absorption or reflection of sunlight may affect natural settings.
• Predict that different materials will absorb or reflect sunlight.
• Describe the consequences of the heat energy that is taken up by the atmosphere and what the atmosphere does with it.
• Explain how heat energy is transferred from the sun to Earth and the atmosphere.
PREPARE
Approximate lesson time is 60 minutes.
Materials
For the Student
• Laboratory Guidelines
Keywords and Pronunciation
specific heat: the energy, in calories, required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree
Celsius
LEARN
Activity 1: Energy Absorption/Reflection 1 (Online)
Activity 2: Energy Absorption/Reflection (Online)
Instructions
Introduction
Follow the Procedure below. As you complete the lab, take notes about the lab so you can participate in the discussion. In this laboratory exercise, you will design an experiment to test how different materials reflect or absorb light.
Procedure
Part 1: Formulate a Hypothesis
1. Keep these questions in mind as you develop your hypothesis:
• Do some colors absorb more light than others?
• Do some materials absorb or reflect more light than others?
• How could you indirectly measure the amount of sunlight absorbed by an object?
2. Write a hypothesis, in if...then format.
Part 2: Design an Experiment
3. Design an experiment that tests the absorption and reflection of different materials.
4. Create a list of materials and a procedure to test your hypothesis.
5. Record your idea in your lab report for discussion. Note that you do not need to perform the experiment.
When you have finished, you will discuss with your classmates through a threaded discussion board. Print the Grading Rubric for the Threaded Discussion Board Activity and review the contents. Your teacher will use this rubric to grade your participation in this discussion.
ASSESS
Discussion: Energy Absorption/Reflection 1 (Online)
Read the discussion prompt and carefully write your response. Remember:
What you type here is public. A good rule of thumb is to only post things here that you would be
comfortable communicating in person.
Responses should be well written (use a spell-checker) and clearly address the issue being discussed. You
may wish to write your response in a word processing program, and then copy and paste it into the topic
response box.
Your teacher will review postings regularly. Any postings containing foul language or inappropriate topics
will be removed, and the posting student will be referred to the administration. If you are in doubt about
whether something is appropriate to post, either ask your teacher first, or just don’t post it.
Review the Grading Rubric for Discussion Board Activity. Your teacher will use this rubric to grade your
participation in this discussion. Be sure to contact your teacher if you have any questions.
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Answer:
Sit inside the car and drive down the mountains. The car will be able to run down from the road by the force of the gravity.
But if you drive up to the hill, if the car had less force you may need to put the car.
So, when you drive the car up to the hill, the car need/use more force or energy.
Explanation:
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system defense?
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Answer:
A
Explanation:
specific immune defense system
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B.
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C.
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Answer:
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Answer: metal—specifically, iron and nickel.
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Answer: Tropical cyclones usually weaken when they hit land, because they are no longer being "fed" by the energy from the warm ocean waters. However, they often move far inland, dumping many inches of rain and causing lots of wind damage before they die out completely.
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a tree
agate
a mountain
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Answer: Tree
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the intercrop can be planted in 6 ways
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Answer:
Spatial Arrangement in Intercropping
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Define what are abiotic factors
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abiotic factors are the non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
for example water, light, etc.
A. Form a new question that relates to the interaction of organisms in the ecosystem.
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Answer:Predation, parasitism and herbivory are the three interactions which are found in different organisms of an ecosystem.
Lion is a predator which feed on flesh of other animals such as herbivores.
Explanation:
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Question 15
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When a cross between 2 contrasting parents produces new phenotype, different from
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When a cross between 2 contrasting parents produces a new phenotype, it is known as incomplete dominance. In diploid (2n) organisms, individuals receive one allele or gene variant from each parent.
Heterozygous individuals carry different alleles for the same gene locus.
Incomplete dominance occurs when both alleles are expressed in heterozygous organisms.
The phenotype in cases of incomplete dominance is a mixture of the phenotype observed in both parents.
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Answer:
Main Difference – Plant Cell vs Bacterial Cell
Explanation:
The plant cell is a eukaryotic cell whereas the bacterial cell is a prokaryotic cell. The main difference between plant cell and bacterial cell is that plant cell contains membrane-bound organelles whereas bacterial cell lacks membrane-bound organelles.
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Temperature-sensitive alleles are an example of conditional alleles; at the permissive temperature, the gene has normal function, whereas at the restrictive temperature, the gene has mutant function. You are studying the E2F pathway and you obtain a temperature-sensitive CDK4 mutant. At the permissive temperature, CDK4 functions normally. At the restrictive temperature, CDK4 is non-functional. Would you expect cells to continue growing or stop dividing when at the restrictive temperature? Explain your answer.
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When at the restrictive temperature, we can comfortably expect the cell to stop dividing, whilst continuing to grow
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The S stage stands for synthesis. This is the moment in the cellular cycle in which the DNA of the cell is copied in order to prepare for cellular division.
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Living things are divided into five kingdoms: animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera. Living things are divided into five kingdoms: animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.
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Answer:
Yes, They are balanced.
Explanation:
The top hanger is balanced while hanging one the closet bar. When you add another identical hanger to each side your are distributing the added weight equally. So, yes .... they are balanced.
List one difference and one similarity between the reproduction processes
of a frog and a woman.
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Appearance*In most frog species, the female is larger than the male, so frog size relative to a standard can be a good method of gender identification. In some species, the female frog is darker in color than the male, and in others, the male is darker.
Typically, frogs lay eggs. This process usually occurs through external fertilization, where the female releases her eggs from her body into water. Then, the male releases his sperm to fertilize them.In this case, the eggs are fertilized inside the female's body before they are released.The composition of a mineral represents its
A)size.
B)texture
C)hardness.
D)color.
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Explanation:
Virus that infect E.coli is called
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Answer:
Escherichia virus T4 is a species of bacteriophages that infect Escherichia coli bacteria.
What is different between the production of sperm cells and egg cells
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Answer:
The most obvious difference: A sperm cell is a reproductive cell of males while egg cells are of females. Both egg cells and sperm cells depend on each other for the reproduction of a human life. Both egg cells and sperm cells undergo meiosis.
Explanation:
process of diffusion
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……….. are organic substances required in small quantities for our body
a. Minerals
c. trans fats
b. Vitamins
d. Amino acids
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Answer:
your answer is B: Vitamins
Explanation:
Cells use ------ to take in large molecules or other cells
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Answer:
Active transport by endocytosis. there is your answer. Explanation :Phagocytosis is the process by which cells ingest large particles, including other cells, by enclosing the particles in an extension of the cell membrane and budding off a new vesicle. During pinocytosis, cells take in molecules such as water from the extracellular fluid.
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Dna
tRNA
mRNA
None
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When you are getting too cold,
goosebumps and shivering leads to
heating of your body. Which type of
feedback loop is this?
А
a negative feedback loop
3
a positive feedback loop
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Answer:
negative
Explanation:
How many of the 8 actions mentioned in the May 7, 1933 Fireside Address provided jobs for unemployed people?
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Answer:
1 quarter of a million especially young men who have dependents to go into the forestry and flood prevention work.
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Which of the following describes the intention of the original farm bill?
to raise the values of agricultural products
to expanding incomes of large private sector firms
to regulate options trading on the financial markets
to reduce commodities prices for consumers
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Answer:
To regulate options trading on the financial markets .Explanation:
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Answer:
To expanding incomes of large private sector firms.Explanation:
The farm bill connects the food on our plates, the farmers and ranchers who produce that food, and the natural resources – our soil, air and water – that make growing food possible.Hope this helps you !!What makes up the majority of the solid (non-pore) portion of the soil?
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Answer:
In general, soil contains 40-45% inorganic matter, 5% organic matter, 25% water, and 25% air. In order to sustain plant life, the proper mix of air, water, minerals, and organic material is required. Humus, the organic material in soil, is composed of microorganisms (dead and alive) and decaying plants.
Explanation: