TROPICAL DESIGN ARCH2A MIDTERM EXAM

Thermal Balance means to regulate our body temperature

with minimal effort.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Convection energy is transmitted from a space.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Solar gain is influenced by the building insulation

levels and its orientation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sound Quality has been recognized as a source of well being

and essential to good health.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It is a method which helps to reduce the building

energy demand for heating and cooling. It aims to

use natural energy resources in order to provide the

comfort in structure.

• Climatic

  Analysis

• Climatic

  Data

• Climatic

  Concept

• Sustainable

  Design

the amount of

heat energy that is in the air.

• Heat Gain

• Radian

  Heat

• Radiation

• Temperature

a process that ends with the fall of water, in liquid or solid form,

to the earth’s surface. The latter process is known as

evapotranspiration and is part of the water cycle.

• Rainfall

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

It is the force exerted on a given surface due to the weight of the

atmosphere.

• Wind

  Pressure

• Wind

  Velocity

• Atmospheric

  Pressure

• Wind

  Direction

Rain is form when humid air cools down to its dew point, and water

droplets or ice attach to small particles of dust, ash, or other

contaminants.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The amount of sunlight the ground receives is

called ____________.

• Solar Radiation

• Solar Heat

• Isolation

• Heat Gain