5. Explain what will happen to this air as it becomes warmer than the air surrounding the parking lot. Your answer:

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explain what will happen to this air as it becomes warmer than the air surrounding the parking lot -use #3 to help determine your answer
3. Identify the primary energy transfer process that causes a paved black parking lot to
get very hot on a summer day.
Primary Energy Transfer Process: Radiation
a. Explain why the parking lot gets so hot.
Your answer:
4. Explain why the air immediately above the parking lot would get hot.
Your answer: The parking lot gets immediately hot because of the black color.Black
is a good absorber of heat, which signifies that it efficiently absorbs heat and gets so
hot
5. Explain what will happen to this air as it becomes warmer than the air surrounding
the parking lot.
Your answer:
6. Explain why a white glacier would reflect sunlight better than a desert of white sand.
Your answer:
WOO
8
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Transcribed Image Text:3. Identify the primary energy transfer process that causes a paved black parking lot to get very hot on a summer day. Primary Energy Transfer Process: Radiation a. Explain why the parking lot gets so hot. Your answer: 4. Explain why the air immediately above the parking lot would get hot. Your answer: The parking lot gets immediately hot because of the black color.Black is a good absorber of heat, which signifies that it efficiently absorbs heat and gets so hot 5. Explain what will happen to this air as it becomes warmer than the air surrounding the parking lot. Your answer: 6. Explain why a white glacier would reflect sunlight better than a desert of white sand. Your answer: WOO 8 44
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