Exam 2: Energy: Warming Earth and the Atmosphere

Often before sunrise on a clear, calm, cold morning, ice (frost)can be seen on the tops of parked cars, even when the air temperature is above freezing, because the tops of cars are cooling by a loss of ____.

The processes of condensation and freezing ____.

The proper order from longest to shortest wavelength is ____.

As ocean temperatures increase, water vapor greenhouse gas increases and enhances the atmospheric greenhouse effect, thereby illustrating which of the following?

In the atmosphere, convection is horizontal and advection is vertical.

The lower atmosphere is warmed from the surface upward through longwave radiation from Earth, ____________________, and ____________________.

Because Earth is ____________________ than the Sun, it emits ____________________ radiation than the Sun.

Even though Earth is cooler than the Sun, it emits much more radiation than the Sun.

The temperature of a rising air parcel ____.

To keep an object cool while exposed to direct sunlight, ____.

Occasionally, the aurora can be observed in the United States.

Solar winds are composed of ____.

Temperature and heat describe the same characteristic of Earth's atmosphere.

Without water vapor to absorb Earth's emitted infrared radiation, Earth would lose more heat.

Clouds form by the process of ____.

When you remove a cold beverage from a refrigerator in a humid room, water vapor will condense on the sides of the container. Would this act to warm or cool the beverage, or would the condensation have no effect on the beverage's temperature?

The magnetosphere is ____.

What type of energy has a wavelength longer than that of red light?

Earth emits radiation with greatest intensity at ____.

In what ways is the atmospheric greenhouse different from an agricultural greenhouse?