The maximum daily temperature usually occurs:
a. a few hours after the time of maximum solar heating.
b. at the time of maximum solar heating.
c. a few hours before the time of maximum solar heating.
d. when clouds begin to form.
Question 2Conduction heats:
a. the entire atmosphere.
b. only the troposphere.
c. only the lowest few centimeters of the atmosphere.
d. None of these choices.
Question 3Air molecules scatter large amounts of the sun's radiation.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4In all regions of the earth, the amount of energy received from the sun balances the amount of energy lost to space.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5Winter and summer occur at exactly the same times in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6On the ________ the noonday sun is directly overhead at a latitude of 23.5oN.
a. winter solstice
b. spring equinox
c. summer solstice
d. fall equinox.
Question 7Seasons are caused by the earth's rotation around the sun and:
a. selective absorption by atmospheric gases.
b. heat advection from the tropics.
c. the tilt of the earth's axis.
d. None of these choices.
Question 8Most of the atmosphere's heat comes from:
a. absorption of infrared radiation coming from the earth.
b. latent heat.
c. reflection.
d. direct absorption of the sun's radiation.
Question 9The atmospheric gases which best absorb infrared energy are:
a. water vapor and carbon dioxide.
b. nitrous oxide and water vapor.
c. carbon dioxide and methane.
d. nitrous oxide and oxygen.
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