F4 Revision

1.     The amount of energy the atmosphere absorbs is not the same as the amount of releases. It’s called balanced energy budget.

• True

• False

  The intensity of the insolation received increases with increasing latitude.

• True

• False

In general, the longer the duration of daylight, the more the insolation received

• True

• False

There are 12 hours of daylight at the tropic of Cancer throughout the year.

• True

• False

The annual variation of insolation increases with increasing latitude.

• True

• False

A cloudless day has a smaller daily range of temperature than a cloudy day.

• True

• False

Albedo is the degree of ___x___ of a surface.

• Absorption

• Penetratrion

• Precipitation

• Reflection

The greatest amount of insolation is at around ____x___ where there is less cloud cover. What is x?

• Equator

• The tropics

• The poles

With which of the following factors does the angle of the sun vary?

• Time of day

• Latitude

• Season

99% of total solar radiation is shorter than _μm.