LINKS               CHAPTER 3 SOLAR AND TERRESTRIAL RADIATION

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Class Meetings
Course            1. _______ has (have) wavelengths shorter than visible
Description       light.
Course Schedule   Radio waves
Grading           Microwaves
Learning          Infrared radiation
Objectives        Ultraviolet radiation
Photographs
Practice          2. Solar radiation peaks in the ____ portion of the
Questions         electromag-netic spectrum.
Special Notice    microwave
Student           visible
Responsibilities  x-ray
                  infrared
Access to Online
Daily Weather     3. The blackbody radiation law that predicts the
Summary and       wavelength of most intense radiation is known as the...
Learning          Stefan-Boltzmann law.
Activities        Wien's displacement law.
                  law of energy conservation.
National Weather  first law of thermodynamics.
Service - Green
Bay               4. The process whereby electromagnetic radiation is
                  converted to heat is known as
       Home       absorption.
                  scattering.
                  reflection.
                  transmission.

                  5. Stratospheric ozone protects living organisms from
                  exposure to potentially lethal intensities of
                  x-rays.
                  ultraviolet radiation.
                  infrared radiation.
                  visible light.

                  6. The Antarctic ozone hole develops during
                  summer.
                  March and April.
                  the Southern Hemisphere spring.
                  January and February.

                  7. A gas that acts as a catalyst in chemical reactions
                  that convert ozone to oxygen is
                  methane.
                  carbon dioxide.
                  chlorine.
                  water vapor.

                  8. Which one of the following surface types has the
                  greatest reflectivity (albedo) for solar radiation?
                  ocean water
                  ice
                  forest
                  fresh snow

                  9. The planetary albedo of Earth is
                  31%.
                  23%.
                  46%.
                  8%.

                  10. On a global basis, the average albedo of the ocean
                  surface is about
                  25%.
                  50%.
                  75%.
                  8%.

                  11. Clouds are relatively _______ reflectors of solar
                  radiation.
                  good
                  poor

                  12. At the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice,
                  insolation is zero
                  along the Tropic of Cancer.
                  at the equator.
                  along and north of the Arctic Circle.
                  at the Antarctic Circle.

                  13. At noon on the summer solstice in the Northern
                  Hemisphere, the solar altitude is 90 degrees at the
                  equator.
                  Arctic circle.
                  Tropic of Cancer.
                  Tropic of Capricorn.

                  14. Earth is closest to the sun
                  at aphelion.
                  during the Northern Hemisphere summer.
                  about July 4.
                  during the Northern Hemisphere winter.

                  15. Which one of the following greenhouse gases absorbs
                  strongly in atmospheric windows?
                  water vapor
                  carbon dioxide
                  ozone
                  methane

                  16. The following is a greenhouse gas:
                  carbon dioxide.
                  water vapor.
                  methane.
                  All of the above are correct.

                  17. Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has been
                  rising since the Industrial Revolution primarily because
                  of
                  clearing of tropical forests.
                  global warming.
                  burning of fossil fuels.
                  depletion of ozone in the stratosphere.

                  18. The principal greenhouse gas in the troposphere is
                  water vapor.
                  ozone.
                  carbon dioxide.
                  methane.

                  19. Which type of weather satellite provides images with
                  the greater resolution?
                  polar-orbiting satellite
                  geostationary

                  20. A satellite image that is available both day and
                  night:
                  visible satellite image
                  infrared satellite image



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