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Question 1

From Earth to space, the main layers in our atmosphere are:

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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

Question 2

Heat transfer from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects

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conduction.

Question 3

Heat transfer occurs

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only from warm objects to colder ones.

Question 4

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called

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heat.

Question 5

During conduction heat is transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid.

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False

Question 6

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves is called

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radiation.

Question 7

The total energy of all the particles in a substance is called

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thermal energy.

Question 8

Heated air moves from baseboard heaters to the rest of a room in a process called

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convection.

Question 9

One group of gases that is responsible for destroying ozone in the ozone layer is

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CFCs.

Question 10

If heat is transferred from Object A to Object B, the temperature of Object B decreases.

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False

Question 11

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called

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temperature.

Question 12

The greenhouse effect is

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the process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere.

Question 13

The part of the earth that consists of water in the form of ice that is on or inside Earth

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cryosphere.

Question 14

The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in

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temperature.

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