Earth Science Energy Test Review

Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection?

• Electromagnetic energy transferred from the Sun to the moon
• Solar Energy transferred through space to the Earth's surface
• heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences
• heat from radioactive decay transferred by molecular collisions to surrounding mantle rock

The greatest amount of energy would be gained by 1,000 grams of water when it changes from

• water vapor to liquid water
• liquid water to water vapor
• liquid water to ice
• ice to liquid water

An object that is a good radiator of electromagnetic waves is also a good

•  insulator from heat
• reflector of heat
• absorber of electromagnetic energy
• refractor of electromagnetic energy

Which process transfers energy primarily by electromagnetic waves?

• radiation
• conduction
• convection
• transpiration

Which type of land surface would probably reflect the most incoming solar radiation

• light colored and smooth
• light colored and rough
• dark colored and smooth
• dark colored and rough

All forms of electromagnetic energy have

• transverse wave properties
• the same temperature
• the same wavelength
• their own half life

During which phase change of water is the most energy released into the environment?

• water freezing
• ice melting
• water evaporating
• water vapor condensing

Pieces of lead, copper, iron, and granite, each having a mass of 1 kilogram and a temperature of 100ºC, were removed from a container of boiling water and allowed to cool under identical conditions. Which piece most likely cooled to room temperature first?

• copper
• lead
• iron
• granite

If the tilt of Earth’s axis were increased from
23.5° to 30°, summers in New York State would
become

• cooler, and winters would become cooler
• cooler, and winters would become warmer
• warmer, and winters would become cooler
• warmer, and winters would become warm

During the month of January, at which location
in New York State is the Sun lowest in the sky at
solar noon?

• Massena
• Niagara Falls
• Utica
• New York City