2-2 Special Feature Assignment - Eryka Major

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2-2 Special Feature Assignment MAJOR1 2-2 Special Feature Assignment Eryka C. Major ENV 305 SNHU

2-2 SPECIAL FEATURE ASSIGNMENT MAJOR2 1. How is the energy received at the top of the atmosphere and cycled through the Earth’s climate system? a. The energy from sunlight reaches Earth’s atmosphere and then moves through the climate system in a cycle. The diagram I illustrated attempts to explain how sunlight warms our planet, and this energy becomes trapped as it flows through the Earth’s surface as infrared radiation. The weather and climate patterns on Earth are influenced by the amount of solar radiation and energy, as well as how it is distributed across the Earth's surface. Even though the sun is located 93 million miles away and generates temperatures as high as 27 million degrees Fahrenheit, by the time its energy reaches

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