Layers of the Atmosphere and Heat Transfer

You wake up on a Saturday morning and are glad you don’t have to go to school. You sit outside in the sun because you don’t really feel like doing anything at all. The heat from the sun is starting to make you sweat.

• conduction
• convection 
• radiation

What is the lowest layer in the atmosphere? 

• troposphere
• mesosphere
• ionosphere
• stratosphere 

What is the hottest layer in the atmosphere? 

• mesosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere 
• ionosphere

What is the second layer of the atmosphere? 

• stratosphere 
• troposphere 
• mesosphere 
• thermosphere 

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas? 

• Oxygen
•  Carbon Dioxide
• propane

Where is the ozone layer located?

• Mesosphere 
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

Heat is the movement of ______.

• radiation
• thermal energy
• cold
• fire

The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.

• convection
• insulation
• radiation
• conduction

What kind of heat transfer is being shown?

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation