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

Which gas can hold the heat in the atmosphere for a long time?

  1. Oxygen

  2. Nitrogen

  3. Carbon di oxide

  4. Ozone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Carbon dioxide can hold the heat in the atmosphere for a long time. It constitutes only 0.03 percent of the dry air. Being an effective absorber of heat from the upper atmosphere as well as the earth, carbon dioxide is considered to be of great climatic significance. This gas emits about half of the absorbed heat back to the earth.

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

The lines which connects places of equal temperature are called ___________.

  1. isohytes

  2. isobars

  3. isotherms

  4. contours
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The places having similar temperature conditions are joined by means of imaginary lines known as isotherms. For convenience, the temperature is reduced to sea level as if the places actually existed at sea level. The isotherms have east-west trends and generally follow the latitude. 

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

The highest recorded temperature is about $58^oC$ at Al-Aziziyah which is in ____________.

  1. Libya

  2. Algeria

  3. Niger

  4. Sudan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The highest recorded temperature is about 58 $^oC$ at Al-Aziziyah which lies in Libya. It is located around 25 miles south of Tripoli. World Meteorological Organization had recorded this temperature on 13 September 1922. After exactly 90 years, on 13 September 2012, this record was disqualified. Now, the highest recorded temperature is in Death Valley, California.

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

The mean annual temperature of a country varies between $7^oC\,\, to\,\, 17^oC$. This country lies in the.

  1. Alpine climate region

  2. Sub-tropical region

  3. Temperate region

  4. Tropical region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Köppen climate classification defines a climate as "temperate" when the mean temperature is above −3 °C (26.6 °F) but below 18 °C (64.4 °F) in the coldest month.

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

Global warming and climate change are two different concepts.

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Can't say

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yes,

The term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.

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

Greenhouse effect is a ________ phenomenon to keep the climate warm up.

  1. Natural

  2. Commercial

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A greenhouse is a body which allows the shortwave incoming solar radiation to come in but does not allow the longwave outgoing terrestrial infrared radiation to escape. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon which helps in keeping the earth's surface warm up. Carbon dioxide, water vapour etc are the important gases of the greenhouse.

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

Ozone layer protects the earth from ____________.

  1. X-rays

  2. Infra-red rays

  3. Cosmic rays

  4. Ultra-violet rays
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • The ozone layer blocks the harmful ultra-violet rays coming from the sun and prevents it from reaching the earth's surface thus play an extremely important role. However it cannot block x-rays, infrared rays or cosmic rays. Hence option D is correct.
  • The ozone layer is found in the lower stratosphere 
Multiple choice geography environmental changes elements of weather and climate : temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere environmental regions (zones)

'Green House Effect' means ________________.

  1. Pollution in houses in tropical regions

  2. Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen

  3. Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide

  4. Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The greenhouse effect is the process where atmospheric gases, primarily carbon dioxide, trap heat radiated from the Earth's surface, preventing it from escaping into space.

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

The living being who causes maximum pollution to the environment is _________.

  1. Human being

  2. Noise

  3. Air

  4. Eco-science
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Human beings are responsible for the vast majority of environmental pollution through industrialization, transportation, waste generation, and resource consumption.

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

In which layer of the atmosphere, ozone layer is present?

  1. Troposphere

  2. Stratosphere

  3. Mesosphere

  4. Thermosphere
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
stratosphere
The ozone layer is mainly found in the lower portion of the stratosphere, from approximately 15 to 35 kilometers (9.3 to 21.7 mi) above Earth, although its thickness varies seasonally and geographically.