Energy Earth Science Regents

The diagram to the left represents energy being absorbed and reradiated by the Earth.

Which type of energy is represented by the radiation at B?

• insolation

• visible light

• ultraviolet rays

• infrared energy

The diagram to the left represents the circulation of air above Earth's surface at a coastal location during the day and at night.

This local air movement is best described as an example of...

• conduction between Earth's surface and the atmosphere above it

• condensation of water vapor during the day, and evaporation of water during the night

• convection resulting from temperature and pressure differences above land and water

• greater radiation from the warmer ocean during the day and from the warmer land at night

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Earth surface that best absorbs short-wave solar radiation has which characteristics?

• black and rough

• black and smooth

• white and rough

• white and smooth

What is the primary method of heat transfer through solid rock during contact metamorphism?

• advection

• convection

• absorption

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When visible light strikes a snow-covered, flat field at a low angle, most of the energy will be...

• absorbed by the snow

• refracted by the snow

• reflected by the snow

• radiated by the snow

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When water vapor condenses, how much heat energy will be released into the atmosphere?

• 2260 joules/gram

• 334 joules/gram

• 4.18 joules/gram

• 2.11 joules/gram

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which type of surface absorbs the greatest amount of electromagnetic energy from the Sun?

• smooth, shiny, and light colored

• smooth, shiny, and dark colored

• rough, dull, and light colored

• rough, dull, and dark colored

The diagram to the left shows a solid iron bar that is being heated in a flame.

The primary method of heat transfer in the solid iron bar is...

• convection

• conduction

• absorption

• absorption

The intensity of insolation at solar noon from November 1 to February 1 in New York State will...

• decrease, only

• increase, only

• decrease, then increase

• increase, then decrease

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An increase in which gas would cause the most greenhouse warming of Earth’s atmosphere?

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5