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Energy Review Questions

1. Evidence supports the idea that increases in carbon dioxide and

7. Why are some scientists concerned about an increase in the amount

methane in Earth's atmosphere are major contributors to global

of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

warming. This is based primarily on the fact that carbon dioxide and

A) An increase would change the decay rate of C

methane are excellent absorbers of

B) An increase would cause more ultraviolet energy to strike the

A) gamma rays

B) microwaves

Earth's outer atmosphere.

C) visible light

D) infrared radiation

C) An increase would cause energy to flow from energy sinks to

energy sources.

2. An increase in which gas in Earth’s atmosphere will most

D) An increase would cause an overall heating up of the Earth's

significantly increase global temperatures?

atmosphere.

A) methane

B) oxygen

8. A person in Florida worked outdoors in sunlight for several hours on

C) nitrogen

D) hydrogen

a day in July. Which type of clothing should the person have worn to

3. Deforestation increases the greenhouse effect on Earth because

absorb the least electromagnetic radiation?

deforestation causes the atmosphere to contain

A) dark colored with a rough surface

A) more carbon dioxide, which absorbs infrared radiation

B) dark colored with a smooth surface

B) less carbon dioxide, which absorbs short-wave radiation

C) light colored with a rough surface

C) more oxygen, which absorbs infrared radiation

D) light colored with a smooth surface

D) less oxygen, which absorbs short-wave radiation

9. Changing the color of the roof of a house from light to dark would

4. Which gas in Earth's upper atmosphere is beneficial to humans

probably increase the amount of solar energy that is

because it absorbs large amounts of ultraviolet radiation?

A) reflected

B) created

A) water vapor

B) methane

C) insulated

D) absorbed

C) nitrogen

D) ozone

10. Most insolation striking a smooth, light-colored, solid surface is

5. Base your answer to the following question on The diagram below

A) refracted

B) transmitted

shows a greenhouse.

C) reflected

D) absorbed

11. Which of the following Earth surfaces usually reflects the most

incoming solar radiation?

A) snow cover

B) green grass

C) dark soil

D) lake water

12. When part of the ozone layer is destroyed, radiation reaches the

Earth's surface in increasing amounts. Which type of radiation

increases the most?

A) visible light

B) ultraviolet radiation

C) infrared radiation

D) gamma rays

13. During nighttime cooling, most of the energy radiated by Earth’s

oceans into space is

A) ultraviolet rays

B) gamma rays

C) visible light rays

D) infrared rays

What is the primary function of the clear glass of the greenhouse?

14. Conduction is the transfer of heat energy by

A) The glass reduces the amount of insolation entering the

A) density differences

greenhouse.

B) molecular contact

B) The glass allows all wavelengths of radiation to enter and all

C) electromagnetic waves

wavelengths of radiation to escape.

D) movement through a vacuum

C) The glass allows short wavelengths of radiation to enter, but

15. Most of the solar radiation absorbed by Earth’s surface is later

reduces the amount of longwavelength radiation that escapes.

radiated back into space as which type of electromagnetic radiation?

D) The glass allows long wavelengths of radiation to enter, but

reduces the amount of shortwavelength radiation that escapes.

A) x ray

B) ultraviolet

C) infrared

D) radio wave

6. When Earth cools, most of the energy transferred from Earth’s

surface to space is transferred by the process of

A) conduction

B) reflection

C) refraction

D) radiation

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