Why is the energy budget more appropriately described as a balance, while water and carbon cycles are more described as circle?
2006-09-11 13:32:03 · 2 answers · asked by ☮ 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Because with energy it doesn't exactly go in a circle. For example:
Solar energy (light) -> electrical energy -> mechanical energy -> heat ::not exactly all the way back to solar energy.
Water cycle: Ocean -> evaporates into vapour -> moves to land -> precipitation -> rivers -> back to the ocean :: A circle (ie a cycle)
2006-09-11 13:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by Loulabelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/62317main_ICS_Clouds.pdf#search=%22Why%20is%20the%20energy%20budget%20more%20appropriately%20described%20as%20a%20balance%2C%20while%20water%20and%20carbon%20cycles%20are%20more%20described%20as%20circle%3F%20%22
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^go to that site
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2006-09-11 13:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by m3kD3S[♥] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋