Heating The Atmosphere
12 Questions
| Total Attempts: 131
The questions on this assessment address the Heating the Atmosphere learning target.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What causes heat, or the transfer of energy from one object to another?
- A.
Differences in pressure
- B.
Differences in temperature
- C.
Differences in humidity
- D.
Differences in wind
- 2.What process describes the transfer of heat through molecular activity?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 3.Which process involves mass movement within a substance?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 4.A metal spoon becomes hot after being left in a pan of boiling water. The hot spoon is an example of...
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 5.A metal spoon becomes hot after being left in a pot of boiling water. The boiling water is an example of....
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 6.You can feel the heat from a hot spoon before you actually touch it. This is an example of....
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 7.Earth receives energy from the sun through which method of heat transfer?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
Reflection
- 8.Heat can travel through the vacuum of space by convection.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Radiation travels out in all directions from its source.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Reflection is associated with weak light rays that travel in all directions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Darker colored objects are good absorbers of radiation, therefore they are also good emitters of radiation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Which type of heat transfer is least effective in heating Earth's atmosphere?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- D.
None of the above
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