Atmospheric Heating - Chapter 14 - Section 2

What is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

• conduction

• radiation

• reflection

• absorption

What is the form of most solar energy that reaches Earth's surface?

• ultraviolet waves

• visible light

• radio waves

• infrared radiation

How long does it take the sun's energy to reach Earth?

• about 8 hours

• about 80 hours

• about 8 minutes

• about 8 days

What is one possible cause of increased average global temperatures?

• radiating solar energy

• circulating thermal energy

• burning fossil fuels

• reducing greenhouse gases

What is the name for all frequencies of wavelengths or electromagnetic waves?

• solar energy

• ultraviolet radiation

• electromagnetic spectrum

• reflected sunlight

How is heat transferred in conduction?

• by heat waves

• by heat energy

• by wavelengths

• by physical contact

How does the radiation balance affect Earth?

• it causes global warming

• it prevents air pollution

• it makes Earth livable

• it circulates solar energy

The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb solar energy

• the thermal effect

• the greenhouse effect

• global warming

• radiation balance

How much energy radiated by the sun reaches Earth?

• about 80%

• about 50%

• about two-billionths

• about on one-hundredth

One reason for global warming may be

• decreasing global gases

• increasing global gases

• increasing greenhouse gases

• decreasing greenhouse gases