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

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

3. Freezing point of water is

4. The solar radiation consists of about 46%

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

6. Diurnal variation of temperature is greatest when wind is

7. Convert 68°F into Kelvin temperature

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

9. Diurnal variation of temperature over ocean is _____

10. Minimum temperature is reached at

11. Amount of Solar radiation received per unit area is

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

13. Freezing point of water is

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

15. The door of Stevenson's screen should open

16. The liquid used in Minimum Thermometer is

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

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

19. -40°C = -40°F

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

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

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

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

24. During day the ambient temperature is _____ than ground

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

26. Warmer the earth _____ will be the Nocturnal radiation

27. Solar radiation received by the earth is

28. Which surface will cause higher diurnal variation

29. Diurnal variation of temperature is maximum over

30. Boiling point of water is

31. Snow surface reflects about ______ % of solar radiation

32. Water vapour is transparent to terrestrial radiation

33. Hot bodies (like sun) radiate

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

35. ALBEDO is

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

37. Cloudy nights are

38. Boiling point of water is

39. Intense radiation are emitted by