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Anyone want to help me with my last two solar energy unit questions?
OK, this is the final test for the year, and I need help with my last 2 questions. If no one helps, i will have to ask the teacher for help, which might cost me points. So here are the questions-
1. Cities near a coastline, like San Fransisco and Seattle, have milder weather changes throughout the year compared to the inland cities like Minneapolis and Kansas City. Use what you know about solar-energy transfer to explain this.
(IDK what I know about solar energy transfer!)
2. You are a researcher for Sunshine Solar Construction, a company that builds solar houses, The president of the company wants to know which three kinds of insulation work best.
Design an experiment that will compare three kinds of insulation.
OK penguine, I’ll give it a shot. Solar energy transfer is less appearant near the coastlines because of the large body of water have a milder transfer rate than than large land masses. The movement of energy from one form to another or from one place to another is called energy transfer. Water vapor is constantly cycling through the atmosphere, evaporating from the surface, condensing to form clouds blown by the winds, and subsequently returning to the Earth as precipitation. Heat from the Sun is used to evaporate water, and this heat is put into the air when the water condenses into clouds and precipitates. This evaporation-condensation cycle is an important mechanism for transferring heat energy from the Earth’s surface to its atmosphere and in moving heat around the Earth..
For the second part of the question, try a solid insulater like sand or dirt. A gas insulater like air between an inside wall and an outside wall (or glass) And the more common one fiberglass insulation.
Kansas Project house at 2007 Solar Decathlon
