Unit 4: Sources and Flow of Energy TEST CORRECTIONS

The (a)   is the thinnest part of the geosphere and makes up about 1% of the earth's total volume.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Lithosphere

Deep water ocean currents that flow as warm waters from the Gulfstream lose thermal energy, decrease in density, and sink in the Northern Atlantic. The waters then flow southward and eventually into the Pacific where they are heated again and rise. Energy flows through this system due to —

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Deposition

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The (a)   is responsible for the most weather on Earth.

• troposphere
• mesosphere 
• stratosphere
• thermosphere 

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(a)   is the most random form of energy.

• Heat
• Light 
• Sound 
• Radiation 

Solar energy is absorbed by plants where it is then converted to which of the following?

• stored potential energy

• stored chemical energy

• stored mechanical energy

• stored kinetic energy

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​ (a)   Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. The increased entropy takes the form of an increase in the amount of heat.

​ (b)   Energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed or transferred.

• 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• 1st Law of Thermodynamics
• Entropy 
• Radiation 

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​ (a)   ​ is/are snow being packed together over a long period of time, forming large ice blocks.

• Glaciers
• Cryosphere
• Permafrost 
• Mesosphere

Refer to the diagram above. The Earth's atmosphere is divided into layers based on temperature gradients. Which is the correct order of the layers (beginning at the Earth's surface)?

• F. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• G. Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere

• H. Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

• J. Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Stratosphere

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed but can be...

• transferred or transformed

• treated or transferred

• created or destroyed

• targeted or treated

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What is the lowest level of the Thermosphere, where the Auroras occur called?

• Mesosphere

• Lithosphere

• Cryosphere

• Ionosphere