ESS - Meteorology - Energy Transfers & Atmosphere Properties

What is the total energy of the particles in an object due to their random motion?

• Thermal energy
• Sound energy
• Electrical energy
• Mechanical energy

What is the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves?

• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Evaporation

What is the transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide?

• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Evaporation

What's the transfer of thermal energy by movement of heated material from one place to another?

• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Evaporation

Thermal energy is transferred from the Sun to Earth by radiation.

• true
• false

Incoming solar radiation is either reflected back into space.

• true
• false

Incoming solar radiation is absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere or its surface.

• true
• false

Thermal energy is transferred from the Sun to Earth by convection.

• true
• false

What is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material?

• Air pressure
• Density
• Humidity
• Temperature

What is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at a given location on Earth’s surface?

• Air pressure
• Density
• Humidity
• Temperature