Solar Radiation,Heat Balance and Temperature

During the revolution around the sun, the earth is farthest from the sun(153 million km) on 4th July. This position of earth is called______

The transfer of heat through horizontal movement of air is called _________

• Convection

• Advection

• Insolation

The reflected amount of radiation is called the_______

The earth after being heated itself becomes a radiating body and it radiates energy to the atmosphere in long wave form. This energy heats up the atmosphere from the below. This process is known as______

• Terrestrial radiation

• Advection

• Perihelion

• Earth's radiation

What are the factors controlling temperature distribution?

• The latitude

• Distance from the sea

• Heating and cooling of atmosphere

• All of the above

Temperature decreases with increase in elevation. It is called

• Normal lapse rate

• Air drainge

• Surface inversion

• Heat budget of earth

The atmosphere is mainly heated by the

• Short wave solar radiation

• Reflected solar radiation

• Long wave terrestrial radiation

• Scattered solar radiation

The sun is directly overhead at noon on 21st June at

• The equator

• 23.5 N

• 23.5 S

• 66.5 N

The main reason that the earth experiences highest temperatures in the subtropicsin the northern hemisphere rather than at the equator is:

• Subtropical area tend to have less cloud cover than equatorial areas

• Subtropical areas have longer day hours in the summer tha the equatorial

• Subtropical areas have an enhanced "green house effect" compared to equatorial areas

• Subtropical areas are nearer to the oceanic areas than the equatorial locations

In which one of the following cities, are the days the longest

• Tiruvanantpuram

• Chandigarh

• Hyderabad

• Nagpur