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Concept 4 Quiz

Compare and contrast the definitions and properties concerning energy, light, heat, and temperature.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Oxygen and ozone are efficient absorbers of incoming ____________ radiation.

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Question 2.
Which one of the following is not a mechanism of heat transfer?

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Question 3.
Which form of radiation do we sense or detect as heat?

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Question 4.
The red and orange colors of sunset and sunrise are the result of ____________ in the atmosphere.

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Question 5.
The electromagnetic spectrum. Correctly label the names of various types of radiation.

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Question 6.
The hotter the radiating body, the shorter the wavelength of maximum radiation.

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Question 7.
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb some wavelengths strongly and moderately or slightly for other wavelengths are called __________ absorbers.

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Question 8.
The fraction of the total radiation reflected by a surface is called its albedo.

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Question 9.
The surface of Earth, except for the polar ice caps, emits energy.

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Question 10.
Convection is the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.

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