Energy Quiz Practice Earth Science

The diagram below shows a laboratory box used to demonstrate the process of convection in the atmosphere.

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The air above a burning candle is heated and rises. Which of the following tables correctly identifies the

type of heat transfer within the rising air and the change in air density above the burning candle?

• Conduction - density decreases

• conduction - Density increases

• convection - density decreases

• convection, density increases

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Which of the following tables correctly identifies the types of heat transfer at A, B, and C?

• A- Radiation

  B- Conduction

  C-Convection

• A-Conduction

  B-Convection

  C-Radiation

• A-Conduction

  B-Radiation

  C-Convection

• A-Radiation

  B-Convection

  C-Conduction

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What is the basic difference between ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation?

• Wave velocity

• wavelength

• half-life

• temperature

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Which color of the visible spectrum has the shortest wavelength?

• red

• blue

• yellow

• violet

Which of these characteristics identify an Earth surface that is likely to be the best absorber of insolation?

• dark colored and rough

• light colored and rough

• light colored and smooth

• dark colored and smooth

Water is being heated in a beaker as shown in the diagram.

Which drawing shows the most probable movement of water in the beaker due to the heating?

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Which type of energy transfer is indicated by the arrows in the diagram?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Insolation

At which location in the room will the density of the air be greatest?

• E

• B

• C

• F

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The collision of molecules within a substance results in the transfer of energy by

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Insolation

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