Heat and Greenhouse Effect Quiz

How is energy from the Sun transferred?

• by radiation

• by convection

• by conduction

• by the force of gravity

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_______ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• gases

When you touch hot sand, heat is transferred by _____ to your skin.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• emissions

___________, convection and conduction are three types of heat transfer.

• conveyance

• translocation

• radiation

• buoyancy

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What is considered the driving force for Earth's winds?

• rain

• Earth's rotation

• moon

• the sun

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Which best describes this image.

• convection currents

• solar cycle

• conduction

• lunar currents

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Ocean currents are the result of uneven heating of the water, which leads to

• condensation

• reflection

• convection

• transmission

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Visible light reaches Earth's surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth's atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the ozone

• the greenhouse effect

• atmospheric pressure

• the inversion layer

Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Chlorofluorocarbon

• Methane

• Nitrogen

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• the warming of a planet due to trapped radiation

• the heating of a solid, such as a rock

• the cooling of Earth due to air pollution

• the warming of a planet due to trapped atmospheric pressure

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