Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Planet Earth
Type
Interactive Multimedia
Light from the Sun warms our planet. Earth radiates heat out into the frigid vacuum of space. There is a balance between this warming and cooling that determines the temperature of Earth. Use this interactive module to see the results if you change Earth’s energy balance.
This page is brought to you by a partnership with NASA and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education through NASA’s Science Activation program.
Earth’s Energy Balance at UCAR