Earth's Energy Budget & Energy Distribution

Earth's energy budget tracks how much energy flows in and out of Earth's climate.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When you place a spoon in hot soup, the spoon becomes warm. This is due to what type of energy distribution?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• circulation

The sun heats up the inside of a car. This is what type of energy distribution?

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• collision

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

You are at the beach and enjoying the feel of the sun on your face. This is what type of energy distribution?

• radiation

• conduction

• conversion

• convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

You are boiling macaroni and it is rising up and falling down in the pot! The macaroni is moving in this circular pattern because of what type of energy distribution?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• macaroni's great sense of rhythm

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of Earth by gases in our atmosphere is known as

• The Trapping Effect

• The Gaseous Effect

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Earth Energy Budget Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Earth's energy budget is like an equation. Choose the correct equation.

• energy in = energy out

• energy in is less than energy out

• energy in is more than energy out

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

M&Ms are a great candy because the chocolate doesn't melt in your hands! When chocolate melts in your hands, that is a form of what type of energy distribution?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• meltology

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When air or water is heated, the molecules move faster and farther apart so they rise

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Electromagnetic waves of energy from the sun heat our atmosphere and this energy distribution is known as

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• pressurization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6