Heat Transfer and Global Warming Concepts

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 1 pointing to?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Insulation

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 3 pointing to?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Insulation

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What is the definition of CONVECTION

• When heat transfers through waves.

• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

• a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

• Heat traveling from the sun

A boy sits to the side of a campfire. He is 10 feet away but still feels warm. This is an example of ....

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

Match the following

• a radiator (heater) heating a cold room

• conduction

• ironing a shirt

• convection

• a microwave heating food

• radiation

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What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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The majority of Earth's energy comes from...

• the Earth's core

• the Sun

• hydroelectric power

• burning fossil fuels

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