Planck's Law and Blackbody Radiation
OverviewIntroduction to electromagnetic radiation and Planck's' Law
Reading  •  20 min
Blackbody Spectrucm and Planck’s Law
Visualization  •  45 min
Energy balance and planetary temperatures
Classroom Activity  •  60-90 min
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Questions and Assignments

Use the tools and the concepts learned so far to discuss and determine answers to the following questions:

  1. How can Planck’s Law be used to plot blackbody curves of objects at different temperatures?

  2. How can the Stefan-Boltzmann Law be used to calculate the surface temperature of blackbodies?

  3. Why does the surface temperature of Earth increase due to the greenhouse effect of the Earth’s atmosphere?

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