Question : Heat from the sun reaches the Earth by:
Option 1: reflection
Option 2: conduction
Option 3: radiation
Option 4: convection
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Correct Answer: radiation
Solution : The correct answer is radiation.
Heat energy from the sun reaches Earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation. It travels across the vacuum to Earth since it doesn't need a material medium to do so. The only energy source on Earth is the heat from the sun. Photons, which are tiny energy packets, are how this energy gets to Earth.
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Question : Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to
Option 1: Isolation
Option 2: Terrestrial Rediation
Option 3: Conduction
Option 4: Convection
Question : Which of the following options correctly explains the term heat budget?
Option 1: It is a mode of transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity
Option 2: It is the balance between incoming and outgoing radiation
Option 3: It is the radiation from the earth in the from of long waves
Option 4: It is the amount of heat which the surface of eatrh receives from the sun
Question : Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called
Option 1: Radiation
Option 2: Inversion
Question : Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
Option 1: Earth on the Moon
Option 2: Earth on the Sun
Option 3: Sun and Moon on the Earth
Option 4: Moon on the Earth
Question : What are the main energy sources for Earth's internal heat engine?
Option 1: Radiogenic heat and oceanic tide heat
Option 2: The heat from volcanoes and solar heat
Option 3: Solar heat and oceanic tide heat
Option 4: Radiogenic heat and primordial heat
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