- Listening to this podcast from Science Magazine on growing meat without killing live animals. Write down three pros and three cons for this method in your opinion.
- Which object would emit more (intensity) radiation: Earth or Sun? Which physics law determines this fact?
- If you were examining the peak radiation emitted by both the Sun and Earth, which would have a longer wavelength? Which physics law determines this fact?
- What happens to the incoming solar radiation (insolation) after it reaches Earth?
- Answer the questions about Mar’s atmosphere
5.1. Why do astronauts wear spacesuits?
5.2. What happened to Mars?
5.3. How does the Earth atmosphere protect us from the solar radiation?
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