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Check your knowledge! Take our fun quiz for the advanced Heat Section of the Atmosphere Chapter of our textbook! Follow the instructions and then click on the "Check it!" button for each question.

Advanced Activities: Heat

1.	At what angle do the sun's rays have the greatest effect on the earth's surface. (Type in your answer.)
	Degrees

2.	Which of these affects the amount of radiation received on the Earth's surface? (Check all correct boxes.)
	Time of Day Latitude Time of Year Altitude

3.	How is energy transfered from the sun to the earth's atmosphere? (Type in a one word answer.)

4.	The amount of energy that enters the atmosphere is reduced by what three things? (Check the three correct answers.)
	radiation absorption reflection transmission scattering

5.	Fill in the blank.
	Different wavelengths of light are seen as different

6.	Match the effects to their terms?
	Choose one Convection Radiation Conduction The atmosphere warms where it is touching the warm earth. Choose one Convection Radiation Conduction The temperature drops as a cold front moves in. Choose one Convection Radiation Conduction The atmosphere cools down at night.

7.	What is the process of trapping long wave radiation in the atmosphere called? (Type your three word answer.)

8.	What happens when water evaporates on the earth's surface? (Check the correct answer.)
	Both the Earth and Atmosphere cool. Both the Earth and Atmosphere warm. The Earth cools and the atmosphere warms. The Earth warms and the atmosphere cools.

9.	Check the answer to correctly complete this sentence. The amount of energy absorbed by the earth-atmosphere system in a year is __________ the amount emitted by earth's atmosphere in a year.
	less than equal to greater than

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