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    The document describes an activity called an Albedo Scavenger Hunt. Students are instructed to identify different surfaces outside within 20 minutes and record the temperature of each surface in Celsius. The text then defines albedo as a measure of how much light is reflected by a surface without being absorbed. It provides examples of estimated albedo numbers for common surfaces like white paint, grass, and asphalt. It notes that albedo and temperature are not the same, with higher albedo surfaces generally having lower temperatures.

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    The document describes an activity called an Albedo Scavenger Hunt. Students are instructed to identify different surfaces outside within 20 minutes and record the temperature of each surface in Celsius. The text then defines albedo as a measure of how much light is reflected by a surface without being absorbed. It provides examples of estimated albedo numbers for common surfaces like white paint, grass, and asphalt. It notes that albedo and temperature are not the same, with higher albedo surfaces generally having lower temperatures.

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    Albedo Scavenger Hunt On Pier 42

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    The document describes an activity called an Albedo Scavenger Hunt. Students are instructed to identify different surfaces outside within 20 minutes and record the temperature of each surface in Celsius. The text then defines albedo as a measure of how much light is reflected by a surface without being absorbed. It provides examples of estimated albedo numbers for common surfaces like white paint, grass, and asphalt. It notes that albedo and temperature are not the same, with higher albedo surfaces generally having lower temperatures.

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    Albedo Scavenger Hunt: How many of these surfaces can you identify

    in 20 minutes? Take the temperature (in Celsius) of each surface and write it
    in the blank.
    C
    C
    C C C C
    C C
    C C C
    C
    Albedo Scavenger Hunt: How many of these surfaces can you identify
    in 20 minutes? Take the temperature (in Celsius) of each surface and write it
    in the blank.
    C
    C
    C C C C
    C C
    C C C
    C
    C
    C C
    C
    C
    C
    ALBEDO (al-BEE-doh)
    A measure of how much light that hits a
    surface is refected without being absorbed.
    Something that appears white refects most
    of the light that hits it and has a high albedo,
    while something that looks dark absorbs most
    of the light that hits it, indicating a low albedo.
    SOME
    ALBEDO
    NUMBERS
    FOR COMMON
    ITEMS
    80 White Paint
    72 Yellow Paint
    60-70 White paper
    30-45 Wood Chips
    30-40 Dry Sand
    30 Aged Concrete
    20-35 Painted Metal
    25 Green Grass
    18-21 Deciduous Trees
    17 Bare Soil
    15-30 Flowers
    2-15 Dark Metal
    9-12 Succulent foliage
    2-10 Rusted Metal
    <1 New Asphalt
    <1 Black Paint
    Some things to keep in mind: ALBEDO is not the same as TEMPERATURE. A higher albedo should result in a lower surface temperature.
    An albedo of 80 means that 80% of the suns energy that hits that surface is reected back into space.
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    C
    C C
    C
    C
    C
    ALBEDO (al-BEE-doh)
    A measure of how much light that hits a
    surface is refected without being absorbed.
    Something that appears white refects most
    of the light that hits it and has a high albedo,
    while something that looks dark absorbs most
    of the light that hits it, indicating a low albedo.
    SOME
    ALBEDO
    NUMBERS
    FOR COMMON
    ITEMS
    80 White Paint
    72 Yellow Paint
    60-70 White paper
    30-45 Wood Chips
    30-40 Dry Sand
    30 Aged Concrete
    20-35 Painted Metal
    25 Green Grass
    18-21 Deciduous Trees
    17 Bare Soil
    15-30 Flowers
    2-15 Dark Metal
    9-12 Succulent foliage
    2-10 Rusted Metal
    <1 New Asphalt
    <1 Black Paint
    Some things to keep in mind: ALBEDO is not the same as TEMPERATURE. A higher albedo should result in a lower surface temperature.
    An albedo of 80 means that 80% of the suns energy that hits that surface is reected back into space.
    b

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