Geo terms quiz

Outgoing long-wave radiation

• a measure of the amount of energy emitted to space by earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere.

• from the Sun drive the Earth's climate system. Some of this incoming radiation is reflected off clouds, some is absorbed by the atmosphere, and some passes through to the Earth's surface.

Incoming short-wave radiation

• from the Sun drive the Earth's climate system. Some of this incoming radiation is reflected off clouds, some is absorbed by the atmosphere, and some passes through to the Earth's surface.

• a measure of the amount of energy emitted to space by earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere.

Albedo

• the amount of the light hitting a surface that it reflects back, especially the surface of a planet or other body in space

• the force with which the atmosphere presses down on the surface of the earth

Coriolis force

• the force with which the atmosphere presses down on the surface of the earth

• an apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system.

Atmosphere pressure

• the force with which the atmosphere presses down on the surface of the earth

• when the sun's energy heats the surface of the Earth, causing water to evaporate to form water vapour. 

convective rain 對流雨

• precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic clouds form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.

• when the sun's energy heats the surface of the Earth, causing water to evaporate to form water vapour. 

Which is not greenhouse gas?

• ozone

• Chlorofluorocarbons

• Methane

• Nitrogen

Ozone depletion is one of causes resulting in greenhouse effect.

• Truth

• False

The greenhouse effect is a process created by human.

• Truth

• False

• Half-truth

What is the full vearsion of HICs ?