Insolation Quiz

Question 1. Which one of the following reflects more Sunlight as compared to the three? 

(A) Prairie land

(B) Land covered with fresh snow

(C) Paddy crop land

(D) Sand desert

Question 2. Which of the following statements is not true?

(A) Jet streams are high altitude winds affecting the surface weather conditions

(B) Frigid zones are located in both the hemispheres between the polar circles and the poles

(C) The zone of maximum temperature is located along the equator

(D) Presence of water vapour is highly variable in the lower atmosphere

Question 3. The highest temperature on the Earth is recorded at__________.

(A) 25º North Latitude

(B) 20º North Latitude

(C) 10º North Latitude

(D) Equator

Question 4. Clear sky nights are cooler than cloudy sky nights due to_______.

(A) conduction

(B) induction

(C) radiation

(D) condension

Question 5.

• Assertion (A): The atmosphere receives most of the heat only indirectly from the Sun and directly from the Earth’s surface.
• Reason (R): The conversion from shortwave solar to longwave terrestrial energy takes place at the Earth’s surface.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 6. Normally, the temperature decreases with the increase in height from the Earth’s surface, because

1.  The atmosphere can be heated upwards only from the Earth’s surface.
2.  There is more moisture in the upper atmosphere.
3.  The air is less dense in the upper atmosphere.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) Only 1

Question 7. Consider the following statements.

•  The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean.
•  The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1