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Ch 9 Heat

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the Earth get the most energy from?

a)

The oceans

b)

The sun

c)

The wind

d)

The Earth's core

2.

The sun gives off ​ (a)   energy

Choose from the below words
radiant
nuclear
physical
thermal
geological
3.

What absorbs the radiant energy from the sun?

a)

The clouds

b)

Earth's Oceans

c)

The Moon

d)

Earth's Atmosphere

4.

What happens to the radiant energy that is absorbed into the Earth's atmosphere?

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5.

What is the name of the energy that comes from the Earth's Core?

a)

Potential

b)

Radiant

c)

Geothermal

d)

Kinetic

6.

Which of the following is FALSE

a)

Energy is created by the Earth.

b)

Energy can not be destroyed.

c)

Energy is all around us.

d)

Energy can transform.

7.

Radiant energy only comes to the Earth from the sun.

a)
False
b)
True
8.

Our temperature depends on how much energy is absorbed into our atmosphere AND...

a)

How much energy is not absorbed into our atmosphere.

b)

How much energy the Earth radiates into space.

c)

How much energy comes to the surface of the Earth from the core.

d)

How much energy absorbed into the oceans.

9.

Explain what this image is saying about the Greenhouse Effect.

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10.

Wind and Wave energy are a form of renewable energy.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Wind turbines are expensive to install and expensive to use.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

Wave turbines are used just as much as wind turbines.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What does "renewable energy" mean?

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14.

Sunlight coming through a window and warming a room is a form of (passive/active) solar energy

(a)  

15.

Solar energy collected by solar panels and transformed into electrical energy is a form of...

a)

Molecular solar energy

b)

Passive solar energy

c)

Mobile Solar Energy

d)

Active solar energy

16.

Solar energy is good to use because it is... (pick 3)

a)

Permanent

b)

Renewable

c)

Radiant

d)

In surplus

e)

Non-polluting