If the average temperature of the sun increased, the wavelength of peak solar emission would:a.
shift to a shorter wavelength.
b. shift to a longer wavelength.
c. remain the same.
d. impossible to tell from given information
Question 2The proper order from shortest to longest wavelength is:
a. visible, infrared, ultraviolet.
b. infrared, visible, ultraviolet.
c. ultraviolet, visible, infrared.
d. visible, ultraviolet, infrared.
e. ultraviolet, infrared, visible.
Question 3The temperature of a rising air parcel:a.
always cools due to expansion.
b. always warms due to expansion.
c. always cools due to compression.
d. always warms due to compression.
e. remains constant.
Question 4Snow will usually melt on the roof of a home that is a:
a. good radiator of heat.
b. good conductor of heat.
c. poor radiator of heat.
d. poor conductor of heat.
Question 5A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is:
a. conduction.
b. absorption.
c. reflection.
d. convection.
e. radiation.
Question 6The transfer of heat by molecule-to-molecule contact is:
a. conduction.
b. convection.
c. radiation.
d. ultrasonic.