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 (a)  

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

• Convection

• Advection

• Insolation

The reflected amount of radiation is called the (a)  

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