Ch 9 Heat

Where does the Earth get the most energy from?

• The oceans

• The sun

• The wind

• The Earth's core

The sun gives off ​ (a)   energy

• radiant
• nuclear
• physical
• thermal
• geological

What absorbs the radiant energy from the sun?

• The clouds

• Earth's Oceans

• The Moon

• Earth's Atmosphere

What happens to the radiant energy that is absorbed into the Earth's atmosphere?

What is the name of the energy that comes from the Earth's Core?

• Potential

• Radiant

• Geothermal

• Kinetic

Which of the following is FALSE

• Energy is created by the Earth.

• Energy can not be destroyed.

• Energy is all around us.

• Energy can transform.

Radiant energy only comes to the Earth from the sun.

• False
• True

Our temperature depends on how much energy is absorbed into our atmosphere AND...

• How much energy is not absorbed into our atmosphere.

• How much energy the Earth radiates into space.

• How much energy comes to the surface of the Earth from the core.

• How much energy absorbed into the oceans.

Explain what this image is saying about the Greenhouse Effect.

Wind and Wave energy are a form of renewable energy.

• True

• False