1. This is a pre-lab formative assessment over the background information in the above lab. In each statement, there are two possible choices to make the sentence true. Select and write the correct choice for each statement. Example: (Condensation; Evaporation) is the process that turns water vapor into liquid water) ANS: Condensation 1. (Convection; Conduction) moves thermal energy best through solids, such as Earth’s geosphere.

2. 2.Thermal energy is always transferred from (cool, to warm; warm, to cool). 3.It is the (Sun’s energy; Greenhouse Effect) which drives the hydrologic cycle. 4.1/3 of the thermal energy re-radiated back out from Earth is absorbed by (the oceans; water vapor and carbon dioxide) 5.The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt is an oceanic current driven by (density; thermal energy)

3. 6.Conduction of thermal energy from the geosphere to the atmosphere occurs (within the first few centimeters only; when the atmosphere is warmer than the geosphere) 7.Darker surfaces will have (lower; higher) albedo than lighter surfaces. 8.When you see clouds (condensation; evaporation) has occurred. 9.The angle of insolation is greatest at (the equator; the poles) 10.Radiation travels through space and becomes (thermal energy; chemical energy) once absorbed by a planet, like Earth.