Thermal Energy Transfer Quiz

Visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared radiation waves are types of electromagnetic waves that transfer thermal energy from the Sun.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

__________ has shorter wavelengths than visible light and can cause sunburn and skin cancer.

• Ultraviolet radiation

• Infrared radiation

• Microwave radiation

• Radio waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

__________ has longer waves than visible light and is felt as heat.

• Infrared radiation

• Ultraviolet radiation

• X-rays

• Gamma rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

About 50 percent of the Sun’s radiation that reaches Earth’s atmosphere is absorbed by __________.

• Earth’s surface

• the Moon

• the Sun

• outer space

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Earth’s temperature remains stable because of the __________ between the amount of radiation coming from the Sun and the amount going out from Earth.

• Radiation balance

• Gravitational pull

• Magnetic field

• Atmospheric pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

__________ always moves from objects with high temperature to objects with lower temperature.

• Heat

• Light

• Sound

• Electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When warm air is pushed ____________________, cool air ____________________ to fill in the empty space left by the warm air.

• Upward; Sinks

• Downward; Rises

• Sideways; Expands

• Inward; Contracts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is convection?

• Convection is the process of solidifying materials.
• Convection refers to the transfer of heat through direct contact.
• Convection is the movement of air in a vacuum.
• Convection is the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

About 40 percent of incoming radiation is absorbed by gases and particles in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

Ninety-nine percent of the radiation Earth receives from the Sun is ______.

• solar energy

• cosmic rays

• ultraviolet light

• infrared radiation