Solar Energy Pre-Test

What units do we use to measure the energy from sunlight that reaches our surface?

• Degrees Celsius

• Watts/Meter2

• Hertz

• Richter Scale

What happens to UV light from the sun after it is absorbed by a cloud?

• The UV light is turned into scattering light

• The UV light creates large thunderstorms

• Only blue light reaches the Earth

• The UV light is turned into heat

As sunlight reaches the Earth, what will happen to it?

• It will pass through the surface and exit the other side

• Almost all of it will be absorbed or reflected

• The light passes through a layer of the atmosphere where it is turned into sound energy

• The sunlight senses the Earth and moves around it

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Which is an example of 'direct' radiation?

• When the sunlight is at a 90⁰ angle to the Earth's surface

• When the sunlight is at a 45⁰ angle, like after school

• When the sunlight is at a 0⁰ angle to the surface, like at a sunset

• The angle of the sunlight is always the same

How does the round shape of the planet create different climates?

• A sphere shape creates areas where there is direct radiation and indirect radiation

• The round shape causes sunlight to hit the surface equally in each climate

• Storms emerge in the north pole and travel to the equator because of the sphere shape

• The round shape of the Earth causes all storms to move in the same direction

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The apparent change in the direction of major winds is called...

• Coriolis Effect

• Climate Flux

• Convection

• Conduction

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We can categorize the climate at the North Pole as a...

• Hot desert

• Hot forest

• Cold desert

• Cold forest

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The molecule that causes pollution on the surface, but is helpful when it is in layer high above the surface is called ___________.

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Ozone

In which layer of the atmosphere do people live?

• Exosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

Without the circulation of winds, how would Earth's climates be different?

• Earth would be 100% tropical

• Earth would be 100% ice

• Earth would have a very hot equator and very cold poles

• Earth would have more wind

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