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Greenhouse Energy Balance

Why more CO₂ means a warmer surface

Balance incoming sunlight against outgoing infrared. Turn up greenhouse gases or albedo and watch the equilibrium temperature move.

Scored investigations

Playing with a simulation is not the same as earning a point. These take your own measurements from this lab into a real AP free response, graded against the rubric.

Measure the greenhouse effect and the albedo feedback

Unit 4 · Earth systems and energy balance · Model reasoning · 6 pts

Test whether the temperature response to greenhouse gases is linear

Unit 9 · Global change · Quantitative reasoning · 7 pts

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