Energy on Earth

Solar radiation is made up of (a)  

• Only visible light
• Only infrared light
• Different types of radiation
• Only ultraviolet light

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What does Earth's energy budget refer to?

• The amount of money spent on energy

• The tracking of how much energy is flowing into and out of Earth's climate

• The amount of energy used by humans

• The energy stored in fossil fuels

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What is the result of energy flowing and mass cycling within Earth's systems?

• Earth's processes

• Earth's destruction

• Earth's cooling

• Earth's expansion

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What is the role of Earth's hot interior in the energy budget?

• It has no role

• It is a source of energy

• It absorbs solar radiation

• It reflects sunlight

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If the energy coming in does not balance with the energy going out, (a)   .

• The Earth's temperature remains con
• The Earth's climate changes
• The Earth's energy budget is unaffe
• The Earth's atmosphere disappears

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What is the effect of Earth's surface being heated unequally?

• It causes uniform temperatures

• It powers atmospheric and oceanic motion

• It stops the greenhouse effect

• It reduces solar radiation

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What is the primary component of Earth's energy budget?

• Wind energy

• Solar energy

• Tidal energy

• Nuclear energy

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The result of warm air or water rising and cooler air or water descending is called (a)   .

• Evaporation
• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

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How is energy continuously transferred?

• By staying in one form

• By transforming among various forms

• By disappearing

• By being stored permanently

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What are secondary sources of energy used for?

• To create new energy

• To store, move, and deliver energy

• To destroy energy

• To waste energy

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