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Energy in the Atmosphere & Ocean

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid, hot rises, cool sinks

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

2.

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

3.

The transfer of heat between two substances that are touching

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

4.

The heat generated by a campfire is an example of...

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

5.

The transfer of heat from a hot bowl of soup to your spoon is an example of

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

6.

The boiling of water, where hot water moves to the surface after being heated near the flame at the bottom of a pot is an example of

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

7.

A wave made up of a combination of a changing electric field and a changing magnetic field.

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Electromagnetic Energy

8.

The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Electromagnetic Radiation

9.

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Electromagnetic Radiation

10.

The trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the atmosphere

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Greenhouse Gases

11.

Gas in the Earth's atmosphere that absorb heat leaving the surface

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Greenhouse Gases

12.

The movement of air parallel to Earth's surface

a)

Wind

b)

Jet Stream

c)

Land Breeze

d)

Sea Breeze

13.

The movement of air from land to water

a)

Wind

b)

Jet Stream

c)

Land Breeze

d)

Sea Breeze

14.

The movement of air from water to land

a)

Wind

b)

Jet Stream

c)

Land Breeze

d)

Sea Breeze

15.

Bands of high-speed wind about 10 km above Earth's surface

a)

Wind

b)

Jet Stream

c)

Land Breeze

d)

Sea Breeze

16.

The way the Earth's rotation causes winds to curve

a)

Current

b)

Coriolis Effect

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

17.

A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean

a)

Current

b)

Coriolis Effect

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

18.

A climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the Pacific Ocean. Winds along the equator winds weaken and reverse direction.

a)

Current

b)

Coriolis Effect

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

19.

When water in the eastern Pacific Ocean are colder than usual and stronger winds blow over the Pacific causing more warm water to move west

a)

Current

b)

Coriolis Effect

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina