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🎯 Common Question Types:
- "State two properties of a perfect black body" (2 marks) — name absorption AND emission
- "Explain how the radiation emitted changes as temperature increases" (3 marks)
- "Explain why an increase in greenhouse gases causes the average temperature to rise" (4 marks)
- "Use the data to determine which object has the higher temperature" (2 marks)
📝 Key Command Words:
- State: Give the property — no explanation needed
- Describe: Say what changes (total radiation increases, peak wavelength decreases)
- Explain: Give the mechanism — why does this happen? (link absorbed/emitted radiation to equilibrium)
- Suggest: Apply the physics to an unfamiliar scenario
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid:
- Saying "energy is destroyed" in the greenhouse effect — it is absorbed and RE-EMITTED
- Confusing "peak wavelength decreases" with "less radiation is emitted" — hotter objects emit MORE radiation overall
- Saying the Earth's temperature is constant only because of sunlight — the balance between absorbed AND emitted radiation is what matters
- Forgetting to state the re-emission direction — greenhouse gases emit in ALL directions including back towards Earth
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