81) There is always more daylight in the Northern hemisphere on a solstice then on an equinox. Answer: 82) Beam depletion is at maximum at noon. Answer: FALSE 83) Heat transfer through fluid mixing is called ________. Answer: convection 84) Nearly all of the energy available on comes from the ________. Answer: Sun 85) List three forms of kinetic energy and five forms of potential energy. Answer: 86) Describe the three processes of energy transfer. Answer: 87) A ________ is a perfect emitter of radiation. Answer: blackbody 88) The earth's radiation is strongest in this portion of the spectrum, the ________. Answer: longwave (or infrared) portion 89) The solar constant is measured in ________. Answer: watts per square meter 90) Define and discuss the following involving radiation: electric wave, magnetic wave, wavelength, wave amplitude, wave speed, black body, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien's law, electromagnetic bands. Answer: 91) Discuss the various factors which affect the absorption and emission of photons by a hydrogen atom. Answer: 92) Describe the sections of the Sun and the important activities that happen in each. Answer: 93) Why is it not completely accurate to describe the energy coming from the Sun as visible radiation? Answer: Although the peak emission of solar radiation is in the visible portion of the spectrum, the Sun emits radiation across the full range of the spectrum from gamma rays to radio waves. 94) Describe how Wien's law has been applied to the understanding of satellite images that you see on television weather broadcasts. Answer: The color enhanced satellite images depict the height of cloud tops, which can be used as an indicator of the intensity of precipitation. The images are obtained by measuring the intensity of IR radiation emitted by the cloud tops. Colder surfaces radiate less energy than do warmer objects. Higher clouds tend to be colder than lower level clouds because the temperature in the troposphere decreases with height. The colder cloud tops imply thicker clouds and therefore identify areas with significant
81) There is always more daylight in the Northern hemisphere on a solstice then on an equinox. Answer: 82) Beam depletion is at maximum at noon. Answer: FALSE 83) Heat transfer through fluid mixing is called ________. Answer: convection 84) Nearly all of the energy available on comes from the ________. Answer: Sun 85) List three forms of kinetic energy and five forms of potential energy. Answer: 86) Describe the three processes of energy transfer. Answer: 87) A ________ is a perfect emitter of radiation. Answer: blackbody 88) The earth's radiation is strongest in this portion of the spectrum, the ________. Answer: longwave (or infrared) portion 89) The solar constant is measured in ________. Answer: watts per square meter 90) Define and discuss the following involving radiation: electric wave, magnetic wave, wavelength, wave amplitude, wave speed, black body, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien's law, electromagnetic bands. Answer: 91) Discuss the various factors which affect the absorption and emission of photons by a hydrogen atom. Answer: 92) Describe the sections of the Sun and the important activities that happen in each. Answer: 93) Why is it not completely accurate to describe the energy coming from the Sun as visible radiation? Answer: Although the peak emission of solar radiation is in the visible portion of the spectrum, the Sun emits radiation across the full range of the spectrum from gamma rays to radio waves. 94) Describe how Wien's law has been applied to the understanding of satellite images that you see on television weather broadcasts. Answer: The color enhanced satellite images depict the height of cloud tops, which can be used as an indicator of the intensity of precipitation. The images are obtained by measuring the intensity of IR radiation emitted by the cloud tops. Colder surfaces radiate less energy than do warmer objects. Higher clouds tend to be colder than lower level clouds because the temperature in the troposphere decreases with height. The colder cloud tops imply thicker clouds and therefore identify areas with significant
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