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15.2 Atmospheric Heating

Authored by Rebecca Sabin

Science

6th Grade

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15.2 Atmospheric Heating
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much energy radiated by the sun reaches Earth?

About 20%

About 2 billionths

About 80%

About 50%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is called....

Thermal Conduction

Radiation

Convection

Conservation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Energy transferred as heat through a material by contact/touch is called....

Conduction

Radiation

Convection

Conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thermal energy transferred by circulation of a liquid or gas is called....

Thermal Conduction

Radiation

Convection

Conservation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to earth is called....

The Coriolis Effect

The Greenhouse Effect

Global Warming

Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the amount of energy received from the sun and the amount of energy returned to space are about equal, is called

Seasonal equality

Solar redirection

Radiation Balance

Triple Beam Balance

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One reason for global warming may be

decreasing global gases

increasing global gases

increasing greenhouse gases

decreasing noble gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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