Energy in Earth's Atmosphere Quiz

What is wind?

• Horizontal movement of convection currents

• Horizontal movement of conduction currents

• Horizontal movement of ocean currents

• Horizontal movement of electromagnetic waves

• Horizontal movement of radiation currents

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What is our main source of energy?

• The Core

• The Sun

• Supernovas

• Gamma Rays

• Other Stars

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What is the most common Greenhouse gas?

• Methane

• Nitrogen

• Water Vapor

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

What is the only direction heat can transfer?

• Hot to Hot

• Warm to Warm

• Cold to Cold

• Cold to Hot

• Hot to Cold

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• Gases in the atmosphere barely trap heat near Earth's surface

• Gases in the atmosphere occasionally trap some of the heat near Earth's surface

• Gases in the atmosphere trap some of the heat near Earth's surface

• Gases in the atmosphere trap most of the heat near Earth's surface

• Gases in the atmosphere trap all of the heat near Earth's surface

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What is convection?

• The transfer of heat by the movement of a gas

• The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

• The transfer of heat by the movement of a solid

• The transfer of heat by the movement of ocean currents

• The transfer of heat by the movement of global winds

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What is conduction?

• The transfer of heat between two substances that are in direct contact

• The transfer of heat between two gases that are in direct contact

• The transfer of heat between two liquids that are in direct contact

• The transfer of heat between two solids that are in direct contact

• The transfer of heat between two substances that are in indirect contact

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What is radiation?

• Sound waves that travel through space

• Energy that travels through space

• Infrared waves that travel through space

• X-rays that travel through space

• Ultraviolet waves that travel through space

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What are electromagnetic waves?

• A form of heat that can travel through the vacuum of space

• A form of plasma that can travel through the vacuum of space

• A form of light that can travel through the vacuum of space

• A form of energy that can travel through the vacuum of space

• A form of radiation that can travel through the vacuum of space

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