Energy in the atmosphere

Which of the following is NOT a part of the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Propagation

• Runoff

Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

• Albedo

The _______________ is the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.

• Water circle

• Water cycle

• Water loop

• Water slide

A snow covered mountain has ___1___ albedo and reflects ___2___ amounts of light.

• high, larger

• low, smaller

• high, smaller

• low, larger

A black car has ___1___ albedo and absorbs a ___2___ amount of light.

• high, smaller

• low, larger

• high, larger

• low, smaller

Less solar radiation is received and absorbed near the _______.

• Poles

• Equator

Sun’s rays strike the Earth most directly at the _______.

• Equator

• Poles

• Tropic of Capricorn

Heating transfers from one end of a metal spoon to the other mostly by _____.

• Conduction

• Convection.

• Radiation.

Sun's rays heat the earth by _____.

• Convection

• Ccnduction

• Radiation

In convection, hot particles ___1___wall cold particles ___2___.

• rise, fall

• fall, rise

• rise, rise

• fall, fall