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Honors Seasons Assessment – Direct/Indirect Heat Energy
Objective – 2.1c Investigate the relationship between amount of heat absorbed and the angle to the light source.
Use the pictures to answer questions #1 & #2.
A
B
1. Which type of heat energy does Sun A represent?
a. Direct heat energy.
b. Indirect heat energy.
c. Neither direct nor indirect heat energy.
d. Both direct and indirect heat energy.
2. Which type of heat energy does Sun B represent?
a. Direct heat energy.
b. Indirect heat energy .
c. Neither direct nor indirect heat energy.
d. Both direct and indirect heat energy.
3. Why is it cold in the winter?
a. We are farther from the Sun in winter.
b. We receive direct heat energy from the Sun.
c. We receive indirect heat energy from the Sun.
d. The temperature for the two thermometers will be the same.
4. Why does the air temperature rise in the summer? (There are two answers to this
question.)
a. We are closer to the Sun.
b. Daylight hours are longer.
c. The Sun’s rays are more direct.
d. The Sun’s rays are more indirect.
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5. In what month would the Sun’s light strike Utah at the lowest angle?
a. December
b. June
c. March
d. September
6. What effect does the tilt of the Earth have?
a. It changes the angle that the Sun strikes the Earth in different land areas.
b. It causes the Earth to be farther away from the Sun at different times of the
year.
c. When the Earth is tilted away from the Sun we have night.
d. When the Earth is tilted away from the Sun we have day.
7. What causes the angle of the Sun’s rays to change during the year on Earth?
a. The tilt of Earth’s axis.
b. The Sun’s slow rotation.
c. Earth’s distance from the Sun.
d. Earth’s rotation.
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Name ____________________________________________________________________________________
Honors Seasons Assessment – Direct/Indirect Heat Energy
Short Answer
Use the diagram and maps to answer question #1.
(Image source: materialsworld.com)
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1a. Look at the Earth and Sun. Which part of the world would be colder? Explain.
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1b. List six countries that would have cold temperatures.
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1c. List six countries that would have cold temperatures.
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2. You are conducting an experiment using a sun-ray catcher. You set it up like the diagram below.
You observe the temperature of each thermometer once every ten minutes for thirty minutes. You recorded your
results in the table below.
0o
30o
60o
90o
Beginning Temperature
50o
50o
50o
50o
10 minutes
54o
57o
59o
52o
20 minutes
61o
68o
66o
56o
30 minutes
68o
74o
79o
60o
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2a. Using the data in your table, make a bar graph of your data.
Sunray Data Collection Sheet – Bar Graph
90o
80o
60o
50o
40o
30o
20o
Time and Angle
90o Start
90o10 min
90o 20 min
90o 30 min
60o Start
60o 10 min
60o 20 min
60o 30 min
30o 30 min
30o 10 min
30o 20 min
30o Start
0o
0o 30 min
10o
0o Start
0o 10 min
0o 20 min
Temperature
70o
Graph Key
Angle 0o 30o 60o 90o
Color
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2b. Write a conclusion about the effect of on direct and indirect sunlight based upon today’s experiment.
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Seasons Assessment – Direct/Indirect Heat Energy – Key
Use the pictures to answer questions #1 & #2.
A
B
1. Which type of heat energy does Sun A represent?
a. Direct heat energy.
b. Indirect heat energy.
c. Neither direct nor indirect heat energy.
d. Both direct and indirect heat energy.
a. Direct heat energy.
2. Which type of heat energy does Sun B represent?
a. Direct heat energy.
b. Indirect heat energy .
c. Neither direct nor indirect heat energy.
d. Both direct and indirect heat energy.
b. Indirect heat energy
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3. Why is it cold in the winter?
a. We are farther from the Sun in winter.
b. We receive direct heat energy from the Sun.
c. We receive indirect heat energy from the Sun.
d. The temperature for the two thermometers will be the same.
c. We receive indirect heat energy from the Sun.
4. Why does the air temperature rise in the summer? (There are two answers to this
question.)
a. We are closer to the Sun.
b. Daylight hours are longer.
c. The Sun’s rays are more direct.
d. The Sun’s rays are more indirect.
b. Daylight hours are longer; c. The Sun’s rays are more direct.
5. In what month would the Sun’s light strike Utah at the lowest angle?
a. December
b. June
c. March
d. September
a. June
6. What effect does the tilt of the Earth have?
a. It changes the angle that the Sun strikes the Earth in different land areas.
b. It causes the Earth to be farther away from the Sun at different times of the
year.
c. When the Earth is tilted away from the Sun we have night.
d. When the Earth is tilted away from the Sun we have day.
a. It changes the angle that the Sun strikes the Earth in different land
areas.
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7. What causes the angle of the Sun’s rays to change during the year on Earth?
a. The tilt of Earth’s axis.
b. The Sun’s slow rotation.
c. Earth’s distance from the Sun.
d. Earth’s rotation.
a. The tilt of Earth’s axis.
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Temperature oF
Sunray Data Collection Sheet – Bar Graph
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
50 54
61
68
68
50
0
79
74
69
57
50
59
30
60
50 52
56 60
90
Angle of Thermometer Tilt (degrees)
0
10
20
30
Time (minutes)
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Seasons Assessment – Direct/Indirect Heat
Energy – Scoring Guide
7-6 – 3
5 – 2.5
4–2
3 – 1.5
2–1
1 – .5
0–0
One short answer question correct – add .5
Two short answer questions correct – add 1.
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