PRACTICE Quiz 3: Energy Budget and Local Winds

The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation
• condensation
• the greenhouse effect
• radiation

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How does the Earth keep itself warm?

• Sunlight keeps the Earth warm.

• There are heat lamps orbitting above the Earth's atmosphere.

• The greenhouse gases trap the warm air and send it back to the Earth's surface.

The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation
• condensation
• the greenhouse effect
• radiation

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What percentage of the Sun's energy is reflected back into space?

• 100%

• About 50%

• About 30%

• It depends on the weather.

The amount of light reflected by a surface. Represented by a value between 0-1.

• Carbon Cycle

• Albedo

• Photosynthesis

• Nuclear Fusion

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Dark colored surfaces _________ more radiation than light colored surfaces.

• reflect

• absorb

Land heats up _______ than water

• faster

• slower

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Incoming solar radiation is mainly short wavelength like ____________.

• Infrared

• Gamma

• UV & Visible light

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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Why is it colder on a cloudy day?

• False, it's warmer on a cloudy day.
• Clouds reflect heat back towards Earth
• Clouds don't effect the temperature
• Clouds reflect sunlight out into space

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