6G: Unit 2 Test 25/26

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

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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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

• transformation

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

• False

• True

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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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Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis
• continental deflection
• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

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What causes wind?

• differences in air pressure

• differences in gravity

• difference in oxygen

• differences in the thermosphere

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What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• Even cooling of the earth

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

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Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

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