Air performs ____ as a conductor of energy. Water performs ____ as a conductor of energy.
A) well; well.
B) poorly; poorly.
C) well; poorly.
D) poorly; well.
E) well; not at all.
Question 2Which of the following pairs of water phase changes both involve the release of energy by water?
A) evaporation and deposition
B) deposition and melting
C) condensation and freezing
D) melting and evaporation
E) freezing and evaporation
Question 3Which of the following processes involving water does the most to drive the development of a rainstorm?
A) melting
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) fusion
E) sublimation
Question 4Of the following processes involving water, which happens least frequently on Earth and in the Earth's atmosphere?
A) sublimation
B) freezing
C) evaporation
D) melting
E) condensation
Question 5Latent heat
A) can only be absorbed.
B) can only be released.
C) has little impact on the atmosphere.
D) need not result in a temperature change.
E) is not present in water vapor.
Question 6Advection
A) does not involve the movement of air.
B) is more similar to convection than to conduction.
C) requires the radiative release of heat energy.
D) occurs primarily when wind flagpoles are parallel to isotherms.
E) none of the above
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