Worksheets4.1 Air Temperature
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
At any given place, the amount of incoming solar radiation, or _________ , available depends on the intensity and duration of solar radiation
incidence
insolation
solar quotient
axial radiation
Based on the tilt of the Earth and the sunrise line depicted in the picture, what season is beginning in New York City?
Spring (March 21)
Summer (June 21)
Autumn (September 23)
Winter (December 22)
The events labeled 1 and 3 are called
solstices
equinoxes
eclipses
celestials
Earth is tilted at _____________ degrees.
23.5
90
0
25.3
If it is November, then the sun will soon be directly overhead at noon at which important line?
The Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Equator
11 degrees N latitude
Which of these would have the highest albedo?
fresh clean snow
old clean snow
snow contaminated with dust
a rocky coastline
On a clear, cloudless night the reradiation process causes:
the lapse rate to decrease
the earth to store more energy
albedo to continually increase
temperatures to continually decrease
Why does water on the Earth’s surface store solar energy so effectively?
Water is transparent, so solar rays can penetrate a great distance below its surface.
Water is opaque, so all of the energy received from the sun is concentrated at its surface.
Water changes solar radiation into an electrical charge like a battery.
Water transforms solar radiation into kinetic wave energy.
Which of the following best describes how air in the troposphere is heated?
Air in the thermosphere circulates and disperses energy through the process of convection.
Air is heated by molecules of water that are excited by microwave energy.
Air is heated by light as it makes its way down through the troposphere.
Air is heated by the process of reradiation from the Earth.
Temperatures are _________ by the presence of large bodies of water near land areas.
lowered
raised
moderated
made more extreme
