Science - Quiz 21

Question 1

the transfer of heat by direct contact between two objects

Answer 1

conduction

Question 2

this process involves a temperature change with no heat being gained or lost

Answer 2

adiabatic process

Question 3

Earth’s closest point to the sun is at…

Answer 3

perihelion

Question 4

the transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves

Answer 4

radiation

Question 5

most of Earth’s weather occurs because of these currents

Answer 5

convection

Question 6

the process that traps heat in the earth’s atmosphere

Answer 6

greenhouse effect

Question 7

the amount of energy available to heat Earth’s land, water, and air is Earth’s…

Answer 7

energy budget

Question 8

a situation with great insolation

Answer 8

summer in Florida

Question 9

If both receive the same amount of sunlight, which is hotter on a summer day: a beach or the water next to it?

Answer 9

the beach is hotter

Question 10

What happens when a body of air rises in the atmosphere?

Answer 10

it cools because the atmospheric pressure is lower. (a multiple choice question)