In this quiz, you will find questions related to solar radiation, heat balance, and temperature. How earth’s temperature is maintained, etc.
The earth radiates energy to the atmosphere in:
What is Isotherm?
Insolation refers to ________
This process of vertical heating of the atmosphere is known as ________
Differences in pressure on the earth surface causes:
______ are lines joining places having an equal temperature.
What is the temperature at the sun’s gaseous surface?
The sun is vertically overhead at noon on 21st June at:
the equator
23.5 degree N
23.5 degree S
66.5 degree N
Maximum insolation is received over the?
Equator
Tropical areas
Sub-tropical areas
Poles
The days are longest at?
Thiruvananthapuram
Hyderabad
Chandigarh
Nagpur
The heat energy absorbed by a known area in a fixed time is determined with the help of an instrument called?
Psychrometer
Pyrheliometer
Thermometric well
Any instrument
Earth receives almost all its energy from the:
Sun
Moon
Stars
None of these
Bodies radiate energy in which form?
Light
Wave
Particles
None of these
Name the sphere which constitutes the earth.
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Organic biosphere
Lithosphere
Earth in turn radiates the heat back to the atmosphere in long waves called?
Terrestrial radiation
Photochemical radiation
Heat radiations
Ultraviolet radiations