Temperature

Question 1

Diurnal variation of temperature is greatest when wind is

Answer 1

》(a) calm
(b) light
(c)strong

Question 2

Diurnal variation of temperature is maximum over

Answer 2

(a) forest
(b) ocean
》(c) land

Question 3

On a clear day the amount of solar radiation received by earth surface is

Answer 3

(a)¾
(b) 30%
》(c) ⅚

Question 4

ALBEDO is

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(a) Radiation received by earth
b) Amount of heat
》(c)Reflecting power of earth

Question 5

During Day the ambient temperature is …. than ground

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》(a) Lower
(b) Higher
(c) Same

Question 6

Diurnal variation of temperature over ocean is ……

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(a) More than land
(b) Above 3°C
》(c)Less than 1°C

Question 7

At a coastal station the diurnal variation of temperature depends on …

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》(a) Wind direction
(b) Wind speed
(c)Radiation

Question 8

Snow surface retlects about … % of solar radiation.

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(a) 75%
》(b) 80%
(c) 90%

Question 9

Amount of Solar radiation received per unit area is ..

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》(a) Insolation
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation

Question 10

Solar radiation received by the earth is

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(a) Long Wave
(b) Albedo
》(c) Shortwave

Question 11

Rise in temperature of a surface is …….. proportional to its specific heat

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(a) Directly
》(b) Inversely

Question 12

Specific heat of land is …… than that of water

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》(a) Lower
(b) Same
(c) Higher

Question 13

Minimum temperature is reached at .

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(a) sunrise
(b) midnight
》(c) ½-1 hour after dawn

Question 14

An air parcel is lifted till it gets saturated. The temperature attained by it is called

Answer 14

(a) Potential temperature
》(b) Dew Point
(c) Wet bulb

Question 15

Cloudy nights are..

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(a) cold
(b) normal
》(c) warm

Question 16

Water vapor is ……… transparent to terrestrial radiation

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(a) completely
》(b) partially
(c) indifferent

Question 17

Higher the temperature……would be the wavelength of emitted radiation

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(a) longer
》(b) shorter

Question 18

Air is a bad conductor of heat. A parcel of air can therefore be regarded as insulated from the environment

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(a) False
》(b) True

Question 19

Warmer the earth………will be the Nocturnal radiation

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》(a) intense
(b) weaker
(c) moderate

Question 20

Heat is the …..of the KE of all the molecules and atoms of a substance

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》(a) sum total
(b) average

Question 21

The solar radiation consists of about 46 %…

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(a) UV
》(b) IR
(c) Visible

Question 22

The total energy radiated by a black body is proportional to its temperature(T)

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(a) T²
(b) T³
》(c) T⁴

Question 23

Intense radiation are emitted by

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》(a) Hot bodies
(b) Cold bodies
(c) Stars

Question 24

The wavelength of most intense radiation is inversely proportional to its..

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》(a) Absolute temperature
(b) Humidity
(c) Albedo

Question 25

Hot bodies (like sun) radiate

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》(a) Short Waves
(b) Long Waves
(c) Both

Question 26

The flow of heat from earth surface is 77% by

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(a) Sensible Heat
》(b) Latent Heat

Question 27

-40°C= -40° F

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》(a) True
(b) False

Question 28

Surface Temperature is recorded at a height of …….. above ground

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(a) 1.5 m
》(b) 1.25m
(c) 2m

Question 29

The door of Stevenson’s screen should open

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》(a) opposite to sun
(b) into sun
(c)any direction

Question 30

The liquid used in Minimum Thermometer is

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(a) mercury
》(b) alcohol
(c) spirit

Question 31

Freezing point of water is

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(a) 0°F
(b) 12°FF
(c) 22°F
》(d) 32°F

Question 32

Boiling point of water is

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(a) 100°F
(b) 112°F
》(c) 212°F
(d) 312°F

Question 33

Freezing point of water is

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(a) 173 K
》(b) 273 K
(c) 373 K
(d) 473 K

Question 34

Boiling point of water is

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》(a) 373K
(b) 273°K
(c) 173K
(d) 312K

Question 35

Convert 68°F into Kelvin temperature

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(a) 233 K
(b) 283K
(c) 294 K
》(d) 293 K

Question 36

Diurnal variation of temperature is least on a day when it is

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(a) Clear
(b) Partly cloudy
(c) Cloudy
》(d) Overcast

Question 37

A clear and calm night is cooler than a cloudy night, because nocturnal radiation

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(a) escape through cloud
》(b) are partly radiated back by clouds to earth
(c) are fully absorbed by H20
(d) are fully prevented by clouds to escape

Question 38

Which surface will cause higher diurnal variation

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(a) Forest
》(b) Desert
(c) Water
(d) Snow

Question 39

If temperature does not change in a layer with height on a day indicates

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》(a) Isothermal layer
(b) Inversion
(c) Instability
(d) Uniform Lapse Rate