Temperature Test Review

Heat energy from the sun is transferred to Earth by:

• conduction.
• radiation.
• convection.
• insulation.

If two objects have reached the same temperature they have reached:

• a melting point.
• a boiling point.
• thermal equilibrium.
• specific heat.

Heat moves by ______ when it travels from one solid to another solid.

• radiation
• convection
• thermal energy
• conduction

Heat moves by ______ when it travels through waves.

• radiation
• conduction
• insulator
• convection

The way heat moves in liquids and gases is called _______.

• convection
• radiation
• conduction
• temperature

What divides the world into the
Northern and Southern
Hemispheres?

• Hemisphere
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Northern Hemisphere

Fall and Spring occur during ___.

• solstices
• equinoxes
• New Moons
• Full Moons

Winter and Summer occur during ___.

• solstices
• equinoxes
• Full Moons
• New Moons

An equinox occurs when the Sun is positioned directly over the equator. 

• True
• False

What time of year (in the northern hemisphere) is represented by the diagram?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter