JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.
Earth Science - Week #5
Test your knowledge.
Sign in to Google
to save your progress.
Learn more
* Indicates required question
Solar rays will strike the Tropic of Capricorn at an angle of 90 degrees on ________.
*
5 points
June 21
March 21
September 21
December 21
The fall equinox in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on this date.
*
5 points
June 21
March 21
September 21
December 21
The north end of Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees toward the Sun on ________.
*
5 points
December 21 or 22
March 21 or 22
June 21 or 22
September 22 or 23
None of the above
Which one of the following statements is true about the equinoxes?
*
5 points
They occur in June and December
The sun's vertical rays are striking either the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn
Days and nights are equal in length everywhere
The length of daylight at the Arctic and Antarctic Circles is 24 hours
Which of the following is not a mechanism for heat transfer?
*
5 points
conduction
contraction
radiation
convection
They are all mechanisms for heat transfer.
Heat flows ________.
*
5 points
from hot to cold
from cold to hot
in both directions
in neither direction
The least significant form of heat transfer in the atmosphere is ________.
*
5 points
contraction
convection
radiation
conduction
The heat transfer mechanism that requires the movement of material is ________.
*
5 points
radiation
convection
conduction
contraction
Which mechanism for heat transfer can operate in a vacuum?
*
5 points
contraction
conduction
radiation
convection
Which of the following is not something that happens to incoming radiation?
*
5 points
heated
reflected
absorbed
transmitted
On the average, how much of the sun's energy that is intercepted by Earth is reflected back to space?
*
5 points
10%
20%
30%
40%
The atmosphere acquires most of its energy from ________.
*
5 points
solar radiation
the Earth's surface
water vapor
wind
Albedo is the total amount of energy that is absorbed by a surface.
*
5 points
Choose
True
False
The movement of Earth in its orbit around the sun is referred to as ________.
*
5 points
rotation
revolution
It is the tilt of Earth’s axis that causes Earth to have seasons.
*
5 points
Choose
True
False
Submit
Clear form
This form was created inside of Edmond Public Schools.
Does this form look suspicious?
Report
Forms
Help and feedback
Contact form owner
Help Forms improve
Report