Question Bank

1. At a coastal station the diurnal variation of temperature depends on

2. Freezing point of water is

3. Diurnal variation of temperature over ocean is _____

4. Rise in temperature of a surface is proportional to its specific heat

5. Diurnal variation of temperature is least on a day when it is

6. Higher the temperature ______ would be the wavelength of emitted radiation

7. The flow of heat from earth surface is 77% by

8. Air is a bad conductor of heat. A parcel of air can therefore be regarded as insulated from the environment

9. A clear and calm night is cooler than a cloudy night, because nocturnal radiation

10. Diurnal variation of temperature is greatest when wind is

11. Solar radiation received by the earth is

12. Hot bodies (like sun) radiate

13. Freezing point of water is

14. If temperature does not change in a layer with height on a day indicates

15. The door of Stevenson's screen should open

16. During day the ambient temperature is _____ than ground

17. The liquid used in Minimum Thermometer is

18. Convert 68°F into Kelvin temperature

19. -40°C = -40°F

20. On a clear day the amount of solar radiation received by earth surface is

21. Surface Temperature is recorded at a height of _____ above ground

22. Cloudy nights are

23. Water vapour is transparent to terrestrial radiation

24. Intense radiation are emitted by

25. Amount of Solar radiation received per unit area is

26. The wavelength of most intense radiation is inversely proportional to its

27. Diurnal variation of temperature is maximum over

28. An air parcel is lifted till it gets saturated. The temperature attained by its called

29. Minimum temperature is reached at

30. The total energy radiated by a black body is proportional to its temperature(T)

31. Heat is the _____ of the KE of all the molecules and atoms of a substance

32. Boiling point of water is

33. Which surface will cause higher diurnal variation

34. The solar radiation consists of about 46%

35. Warmer the earth _____ will be the Nocturnal radiation

36. Snow surface reflects about ______ % of solar radiation

37. Boiling point of water is

38. ALBEDO is

39. Specific heat of land is _____ than that of water