Atmosphere Test Review

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

Land heats up and cools down faster than water.

• True
• False

What type of heat transfer takes place when you touch a warm mug of hot chocolate?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• None of the above

If you walk barefoot on hot asphalt, energy is transferred by which process?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Reflection

The earth receives heat energy from the sun by _______________, which is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?

• radiation
• convection
• conduction
• greenhouse effect

A spoon in a cup of hot soup becomes warmer

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

You feel the heat from a campfire

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

Air conditioner cooling the hot room.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Laying under the sun to get tan.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant?

• Argon
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon Dioxide