Energy Balance in the Atmosphere II SP25

Match

Match these energy types to their definitions.

• Energy of heat

• Energy of light

• Energy of movement

• Energy of being in a high place

• Energy stored in a battery, for example

Thermal energy

Radiant energy

Kinetic energy

Gravitational potential energy

Chemical potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Radiant energy

• Kinetic energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

Match

Match these heat transfer types to their definitions. You are probably unfamiliar with one of them, but if you know the others, you can solve it with the process of elimination.

• Transfer of heat be contact

• Transfer of heat by expansion of fluid

• Transfer of heat by emission and absorption of light

• Transfer of heat by forced movement of fluid

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

Advection

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Advection

Multiple Choice

In conduction...

• An electric current transfers heat.

• Cold moves from the cooler object to the warmer one.

• Heat and cold exchange places between objects.

• Heat moves from the warmer object to the cooler one.

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Because warmer fluid is ​

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than cooler fluid, it ​

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.

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less dense

rises

denser

sinks

less buoyant

easily mixes

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Materials on the Earth's surface with a ​

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albedo absorb more sunlight, mostly in the form of visible light and ​

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light, causing them to ​

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temperature. They then emit ​

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light, causing them to ​

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temperature.

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low

ultraviolet

increase

infrared

decrease

high

Multiple Choice

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• cycles in the intensity of the Sun

• the distance of the Earth from the Sun

• the tilt of the Earth's axis

• the phase of the Moon

Multiple Choice

What drives the movement of the Earth's great surface currents?

• the prevailing wind

• volcanic activity

• movement of tectonic plates

• fish swimming toward spawning beds

Multiple Choice

In the greenhouse effect...

• ...some atmospheric gases trap infrared radiation from the surface.

• ...human activities cause the surface to receive more sunlight.

• ...the ozone layer's depletion allows more sunlight toward the surface.

• ...cosmic rays in the thermosphere make glassy structures that insulate the Earth.

Lightning Round!!!

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the process in which water vapor enters the atmosphere through plant leaves?

• transportation

• translocation

• transpiration

• Transylvania

Multiple Choice

Why are most lakes going to disappear in the next 100,000 years?

• They will fill with sediment.

• Global warming will evaporate them.

• Too much pollution will render them useless.

• Volcanic eruptions will cover them in lava.

Multiple Choice

Because lakes and oceans are heated from above, they develop a ___, a layer of water that prevents mixing of upper and lower levels of water.

• cryoclast

• thermoplast

• cryocline

• thermocline

Hotspot

Highlight the location of the baymouth bar here.