2201.
Who discovered Neutrons?
A
Dalton
B
J J Thomson
C
Chadwick
D
Daraday
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Who discovered Neutrons?
Dalton
J J Thomson
Chadwick
Daraday
What fraction of the terrestrial radiation emission from the Earths surface escapes to space without being absorbed by the atmosphere?
50%
30%
20%
10%
What fraction of the solar radiation that is absorbed at the Earths surface is used to evaporate water?
70%
50%
30%
20%
What fraction of the solar radiation that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is absorbed at the Earths surface?
70%
50%
30%
20%
What fraction of the solar radiation that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is absorbed in the atmosphere?
70%
50%
30%
20%
How large is the rate of terrestrial radiation emission from the Earths surface compared to the solar radiation that arrives at the top of the atmosphere, globally averaged?
150%
110%
70%
50%
The average albedo of the Earth is about:
0.3.
0.5.
0.7.
0.9.
The greenhouse effect warms up Earth surface temperature by:
13 degree C.
33 degree C.
53 degree C.
73 degree C.
In a typical troposphere, air temperature decreases with height at the following rate:
2.5 degree C per one kilometer
6.5 degree C per one kilometer
10.5 degree C per one kilometer
The troposphere makes up what fraction of the atmospheres mass?
30%.
50%.
60%.
80%.
On average, the atmosphere absorbs roughly this percentage of the solar radiation that reaches the top of the atmosphere:
50 percent.
5 percent.
25 percent.
14 percent.
The Coriolis effect is strongest at this latitude:
90 degrees.
45 degrees.
15 degrees.
0 degrees.
Horizontal pressure changes are ………………….. than vertical pressure changes.
about the same
greater
less than
None of the above. There are no horizontal pressure changes.
At the theoretical Absolute Zero (Zero degrees Kelvin)
all molecular motion stops.
molecular motion is at a minimum.
atoms implode.
Earth atmosphere traps energy from the sun, which ................
allows water to exist as liquid
allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface
allows ozone to form easily
causes meteors to burn up
The atmosphere is a(n):
blackbody absorber.
inferior absorber of x-rays.
absorber of all radiation equally.
selective absorber.
Which of the following gases is not a greenhouse gas:
carbon dioxide.
nitrous oxide.
water vapor.
oxygen.
The two most important greenhouse gases are:
and CFCs
and
and
and
Heat from the sun reaches you by ................
conduction
light emission
convection
radiation
Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact is called ................
conduction
thermal energy
convection
radiation