Question Bank

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

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

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

4. During day the ambient temperature is _____ than ground

5. ALBEDO is

6. Amount of Solar radiation received per unit area is

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

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

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

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

11. Cloudy nights are

12. Diurnal variation of temperature is greatest when wind is

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

14. Snow surface reflects about ______ % of solar radiation

15. Boiling point of water is

16. Warmer the earth _____ will be the Nocturnal radiation

17. Diurnal variation of temperature over ocean is _____

18. Convert 68°F into Kelvin temperature

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

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

21. Freezing point of water is

22. Which surface will cause higher diurnal variation

23. Freezing point of water is

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

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

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

27. Minimum temperature is reached at

28. Solar radiation received by the earth is

29. The solar radiation consists of about 46%

30. The liquid used in Minimum Thermometer is

31. Water vapour is transparent to terrestrial radiation

32. -40°C = -40°F

33. The door of Stevenson's screen should open

34. Diurnal variation of temperature is maximum over

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

36. Boiling point of water is

37. Hot bodies (like sun) radiate

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

39. Intense radiation are emitted by