Energy, Temperature, and Heat

The two types of heat recognized by meteorologists are:

• latent heat and kinetic heat

• sensible heat and conductive heat

• latent heat and sensible heat

• kinetic heat and radiative heat

In meteorological terminology, the primary difference between convection and advection is:

• Convection represents vertical heat transfer and advection represents horizontal heat transfer

• Convection represents surface heat transfer and advection represents upper atmosphere heat transfer

• Convection represents upper atmosphere heat transfer and advection represents surface heat transfer

• Convection represents horizontal heat transfer and advection represents vertical heat transfer

The wavelengths emitted by the earth are:

• ultravilolet

• longer than those emitted by the Sun

• shorter than those emitted by the Sun

• about the same length at those emitted by the Sun except when the Sun is experiencing sunspots.

The Earth’s land surfaces heat up more rapidly than water surfaces because -

• more energy from the Sun falls on land than on water

• land has a lower specific heat than water

• sunlight penetrates to greater depths in land than in water

• less of Earth’s surface is covered by land than by water

A major cause of convection in the atmosphere of Earth is

• cold air rising

• hot air falling

• hot air moving east

• hot air rising

The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

• Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed 
• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed
• Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

You're holding hands with your best friend.  Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold.  After a few minutes, this has changed.  How might you explain what happened?

• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction. 
• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

• thermal energy
• conduction
• convection
• temperature

The boiling of water on the Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin scales is respectively,____.

• 98.6⁰F, 37⁰C, 310K
• 212⁰F, 100⁰C, 373K
• 68⁰F, 20⁰C, 293K
• 32⁰F, 0⁰C, 273K

There are four main processes in changing of phase, and they are

• Melting

• Boiling

• Condensation

• All the above