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Chapter 4 Insolation and Temperature

Horizontales
Solar energy is also known as :
Only _____ of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth
For the most part the atmosphere is heated from the:
The country that is the world's leading producer of carbon dioxide is:
Heat transferred laterally in the atmosphere by horizontal wind movements is a process called:
More than three-fourths of all sunshine falls on ___ as it reaches Earth's surface.
Emission of energy is most closely associated with:
A human-manufactured "greenhouse gas is:
The substance that is the best transmitter of solar energy is:
The energy emitted from the Sun is a product of :
With respect to absorption of solar radiation, it is understood that ___ are the most efficient absorbers.
The process that explains the slow rate of snowmelt on a sunny day when the air temperature is above freezing is:
The most prolific producer of carbon dioxide is the burning of:
Albedo is the percentage of energy ___ from an object compared to the original amount of energy that struck the object
Adiabatic processes cause cooling by:
Almost all terrestrial radiation can be considered to be:
Verticales
The specific heat of water is greater than that of land. This means that water cools _____than does land.
___refers to the speed at which the atoms in a substance are vibrating.
In the Northern Hemisphere, a yearly net surplus of energy is experienced for all latitudes south of ___ degrees:
The process of evaporation of water to gas releases stored energy called:
The only ocean current in the world whose flow is unbroken by any continent is:
The Sun's radiant energy reaches the Earth across space in approximately:
Although several factors are involved, the main factor controlling the distribution of annual average temperature for Earth as a whole is :
The absorption of longwave radiation in the atmosphere is popularly called :
For atmospheric radiation, ___micrometer(s) is considered to be the boundary between "shortwaves" and "longwaves."
The reddish tint of the Sun in the late afternoon results from __.
The longest of all visible light waves are :
Almost all solar radiation can be considered to be considered to be:
A body that emits the maximum amount of radiation possible, at every wavelength for its temperature is a:
Major surface currents are set in motion by: