Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

________ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• Radiation

• Heating

• Convection

• Conduction

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Which has shorter wavelengths than visible light and can cause sunburn or skin cancer?

• Infrared rays

• Ultraviolet rays

• Sonic waves

• Rodeo waves

About 30% of the incoming radiation from the Sun is ________ by the atmosphere and surface of the earth.

• Conducted

• Absorbed

• Dissipated

• Reflected

Earth's temperature remains stable because of the ___________ between the incoming and outgoing radiation from the Sun.

• conversion

• dispersion

• stability

• balance

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Certain _______ in the atmosphere act like the glass in a greenhouse and warm the Earth.

• gasses

• liquids

• solids

• energies

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The transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter is called __________.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• conveyance

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter from one place to another is _____________.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• conveyance

When water changes phases, _________ is exchanged

• latent heat

• energy

• thermal waves

• luminescent heat

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The property of the atmosphere that describes if air circulations will be strong or weak.

• inertness

• stability

• pliability

• hostility

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When air is ___________, air circulation is strong.

• inert

• pliable

• unstable

• hostile

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