Global Energy Budget

It is the main energy input affected

by latitude, season, cloud cover

• Insolation

• Reflected solar radiation

• Latent heat transfer

• Longwave radiation

__________________ is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation

• Fog

• Dew

• Cloud

• Precipitation

Which of the following is not a component of night time energy budget?

• Longwave radiation

• Latent heat transfer

• Absorbed energy returned to earth

• Reflected solar radiation

_______________ is the circular motion that happens when warmer air or liquid — which has faster moving molecules, making it less dense — rises, while the cooler air or liquid drops down.

• Insolation

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

It refers to the transfer of heat by contact

• Insolation

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

Warm currents move away from the equator.

• True

• False

It refers to the radiation of energy from the earth (cold body) into the atmosphere and, for some of it, eventually into space.

• Short-wave radiation

• Longwave radiation

• Sensible heat transfer

• Latent heat transfer

The proportion of energy that is reflected back to the atmosphere is known as the _____________________.

• Albedo

• Convection

• Conduction

• Insolation

Which has the lowest Albedo?

• Grass

• Old snow

• Dry concrete

• Dry sand

Which has a higher heat loss due to evaporation?

• Rural surface

• Urban surface