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03 Temperature and Heat Exchange
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What accounts for the fact that the amount of heating of the Earth’s surface at the geographic poles is less than that which occurs at the tropics?
Compared to the tropics, at the geographic poles more of the insolation is absorbed by the ozone layer above it and only significantly less amount reaches the Earth’s surface.
Compared to the tropics, the angle of incidence of the insolation at the geographic poles causes scattering and or bouncing the incoming energy back into space
Compared to the tropics, the angle of incidence of the insolation at the geographic poles results in a lesser surface heating per square mile.
Compared to the tropics, at the geographic poles more of the insolation is absorbed by the ozone layer above it and only significantly less amount reaches the Earth’s surface.
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What is the ICAO ISA standard temperature lapse rate in the Troposphere up to and including 36,090 ft AMSL?
minus 1.98 degree Celsius /100ft
minus 1.98 degree Celsius /1000ft
minus 1.98 degree Celsius /100m
minus 1.98 degree Celsius /1000m
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Use the Jet Standard Atmosphere (JSA) temperature lapse rate to convert an actual temperature of minus 37 °C at 25,000 ft into ISA terminology.
ISA + 4°
ISA + 2°
ISA - 4°.
ISA - 2°.
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What is ‘Terrestrial radiation’?
Short wave radiation originating from the Sun
Long wave radiation originating from the Sun
Short wave radiation originating from the Earth
Long wave radiation originating from the Earth
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Given a fixed amount of insolation, which of the following is the major factor that accounts for a rise of the Earth’s surface temperature?
Terrestrial radiation
Specific heat capacity of the surface
The direction of air flow
Turbulence
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According to standard diurnal temperature variation, and without any interfering environmental influences, when will the maximum air temperature occur on a cloudless day?
early morning, approximately 1 hour before Sunrise
early morning, approximately 1 hour after Sunrise
approximately 12 noon (midday)
mid-afternoon, approximately 2 hours after 12 noon (midday)
early night time, approximately 1 hour after Sunset
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Known as the ‘hotplate’ effect, what heat transfer process heats the Earth’s atmosphere from below?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
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TRUE or FALSE?
The phrase/text ‘specific heat capacity’ means the heat energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by a given amount (usually 1 ºC)
TRUE
FALSE
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Which of the following has the highest Albedo value?
Dark soils
Desert sands
Large bodies of water
Snow or ice
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What is the most likely effect to atmospheric temperature that results by a warm wind migrating south and mixing with colder air in the lower levels of the atmosphere?
None, little or no effect
Reduction of the temperature in the atmosphere
Increase of the temperature in the atmosphere
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Which Earth surface is likely to experience the greater variation in maximum and minimum diurnal temperature?
Oceans / seas / lakes
Land
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Convert 28ºC to its corresponding Fahrenheit value
18ºF
32ºF
82ºF
102ºF
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What value has 82ºF on the Kelvin scale?
355
301
270
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Which has the shorter electromagnetic energy wave length?
Terrestrial radiation
Solar radiation
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What approximate percentage of the total solar radiation is classed as ultraviolet energy?
0.1%
1.0%
9%
4.5%
45%
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Select the 3 factors that most influence the amount of solar energy that is received by the earth during daylight hours at any single point in time
The distance between sun and earth
The density of the atmosphere
The altitude of the sun
The length of day
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What month of the year is the earth’s orbit around the sun at the position called the ‘Perihelion’?
January
March
June
September
December
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According to Waypoints “ocean currents are very important in transferring surface heat from where to where?
from the equator to the poles
from the poles to the equator
from the North of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to the Southern Ocean
from the Southern Ocean to the North of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Add the correct set of words to the end of this text to make a TRUE statement.
“Warming of the lower levels of the atmosphere is achieved from below through …. “
Terrestrial radiation, conduction, and convection
Solar radiation, conduction, and convection
Transfer of energy from the Earth surface to the atmosphere by conduction only
Transfer of energy from the Earth surface to the atmosphere by convection only
Transfer of energy from the Earth surface to the atmosphere by insolation only
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TRUE or FALSE?
“The range of diurnal variation of high and low temperature will be shallower in windy conditions but more oscillating in calm conditions”
TRUE
FALSE