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Solar Radiation and Energy

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Enhance your general science knowledge with these questions on solar radiation and energy. The topics span solar thermal power plants, photovoltaic devices, and the sun's energy output. This material is useful for environmental studies and physics.

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Solar Radiation and Energy Questions

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

______________ is the radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction that creates electromagnetic energy.

  1. Solar Radiations

  2. Alpha Radiations

  3. Beta Radiations

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Solar radiation is the radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction that creates electromagnetic energy.
Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction that creates electromagnetic energy. The spectrum of solar radiation is close to that of a black body with a temperature of about 5800 K. About half of the radiation is in the visible short-wave part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The sun's radiation is made up of  _________.

  1. white light, infrared and ultraviolet radiation

  2. red light, infrared and ultraviolet radiation

  3. green light, infrared and ultraviolet radiation

  4. blue light, infrared and ultraviolet radiation
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Explanation

White light, infrared and ultraviolet radition
Radiation from the Sun. Radiation from the Sun, which is more popularly known as sunlight, is a mixture of electromagnetic waves ranging from infrared (IR) to ultraviolet rays (UV). It of course includes visible light, which is in between IR and UV in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The amount of the solar energy received by the earth is called _________.

  1. insolation

  2. radiation

  3. heat

  4. none of these
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Explanation

Our sun is the main source of energy and heat. It provides solar energy or fuel for the process of weather and climate. The energy emitted by the sun is known as solar radiation. The incoming solar radiation to the earth is known as insolation.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

Solar wind contains __________.

  1. atomic energy

  2. atomic heat

  3. charged particles

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Charged particles,

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona. This plasma consists of mostly electrons, protons and alpha particles with kinetic energy between 0.5 and 10 keV. Embedded within the solar-wind plasma is the interplanetary magnetic field.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

What percentage of incoming solar radiation is able to reach the earth?

  1. $5$%
  2. $10$%
  3. $51$%
  4. $65$%
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Approximately 51% of incoming solar radiation reaches the Earth's surface, while the rest is reflected by clouds, scattered by the atmosphere, or absorbed by atmospheric gases.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The solar radiation reaches the earth in the form of ____________.

  1. short waves

  2. medium waves

  3. long waves

  4. none of the above
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Explanation

Our sun is the main source of energy and heat. It provides solar energy or fuel for the process of weather and climate. The energy emitted by the sun is known as solar radiation. The incoming radiation to the earth is known as isolation and it reaches in the earth in form of short waves.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

Most of the particles of solar wind are charged ________.

  1. electrons

  2. neutrons

  3. protons

  4. mesons
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Explanation

Electrons

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona. This plasma consists of mostly electrons, protons and alpha particles with kinetic energy between 0.5 and 10 keV. Embedded within the solar-wind plasma is the interplanetary magnetic field.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

Only one part of ____________ billion parts of sun's radiation reaches the earth.

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5
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Explanation

Only one part of 2 billion parts of sun's radiation reaches the earth.
The sun's radiation must make it through multiple barriers before it reaches Earth's surface. The first barrier is the atmosphere. About 26% of the sun's energy is reflected or scattered back into space by clouds and particulates in the atmosphere 34. Another 18% of solar energy is absorbed in the atmosphere.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The amount of solar radiation reflected by the earth is called as its _______.

  1. Albedo

  2. Scattering

  3. Refraction

  4. Dispersion
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Explanation

A part of the solar radiation falling on any surface is reflected back. Thus a certain amount of energy is lost and it does not play any role in heating the atmosphere. The reflectivity of a substance usually expressed as a percentage of the incident radiation reflected is known as it's albedo or reflection coefficient. It differs from place to place as well as from time to time.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The energy radiated out in the space by earth's surface is called _______________.

  1. Solar radiations

  2. Terrestrial radiations

  3. Radioactivity

  4. Insolation
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B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The energy from the sun to earth comes in the form of solar radiation while the earth radiates it back to the atmosphere in the form of terrestrial radiations, hence option B is correct.
  • Radioactivity is the energy released with the breakdown of matter in the form of gamma rays.
  • Insolation is the reduction of energy transfer between objects.
Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The incoming solar radiation in the form of short waves is called _____________.

  1. Insolation

  2. Sleet

  3. Drizzel

  4. Terrestrial radiations
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Explanation
  • Incoming solar radiation from the sun is called insolation.
  • Terrestrial radiation is the energy radiated back by the earth to the atmosphere.
  • Sleet is partly frozen rain
  • Drizzle is light rain falling with very small droplets.
Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The solar radiation radiate back to the atmosphere in the form of _____________.

  1. long waves

  2. short waves

  3. transverse waves

  4. longitudinal waves
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Explanation

The earth receives solar energy in form of short-wave solar recitation.On the other hand solar radiation is radiated back to the atmosphere in the form of long-wave terrestrial rediation.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The amount of solar radiation received by the surface of the earth is called ___________.

  1. solar light

  2. heat balance

  3. terrestrial radiation

  4. insolation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The amount of solar radiation received by the surface of the earth is called insolation. The word insolation means incoming solar radiation. It consists of a bundle of rays of radient energy of different wavelengths. The sun emits radient energy in the form of electromagnetic waves.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The solar radiation can be divided into ________.

  1. white light

  2. ultraviolet rays

  3. infrared rays

  4. all of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The solar radiation can be divided into three parts, namely, white light, ultraviolet rays and infrared rays.

White light: The white are also known as visible rays of the sun.  white light helps us the see any object. This light can not be seen but can be observed.
Ultraviolet rays: Ultraviolet Ray in very harmful rays come from the sun. They are responsible for many skin diseases. The wavelength is shorter than white light but longer than x rays.
Infrared rays: The wavelength of this Ray is longer than white Ray and ultraviolet rays. Most of the sun's energy comes in the form of infrared rays. This ray is also used in night vision devices.

Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

The solar energy which reaches the earth in the form of short waves is called ____.

  1. ultravioletrays

  2. global warming

  3. insolation

  4. radiation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Our sun is the main source of energy and heat. It provides solar energy or fuel for the process of weather and climate. The energy emitted by the sun is known as solar radiation. The incoming radiation to the earth is known as isolation and it reaches in the earth in form of short waves.