QUIZ

Week Four. Getting closer to the mid-term.

Remember, if you get the answer wrong, the computer will insult you. But hidden in the insult is a clue to the correct answer! The question of the hour is "Can you find the hidden clue?????"

1. Which direction do things move in the northern hemisphere as a result of the Coriolis effect?

2. What is the term used for the sum of scores divided by the number of scores?

3. What term is used for lines that connect places with the same temperature?

4. What is it called when temperatures rise as one ascends?

5. When does the coldest time day usually occur?

6. What is likely to block a temperature inversion that causes lower air to mix with upper air?

7. What term is used to determine the amount of time needed for a specific crop to grow to maturity

8.In what kind of earthly environment does one find the greatest temperature variation?

9.What are small bubbles of rising air called, which occur near the surface and begin to redistribute heat to higher levels?

10. What term is used for a prolonged period of cold which extends for a long area for a while?

Answers to the Last Game

2. What general wavelength does the sun radiate?
ANSWER: short wave

3. What kind of radiation is associated with skin cancer?

ANSWER: ultra violet

4. What does μm stand for?
ANSWER: micrometer

5. What is the term that is the fraction or percentage of incoming light that is reflected by an object or surface.?
ANSWER: albedo

6. What is the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to which Earth's atmosphere is largely or partially transparent called?
ANSWER: atmospheric window

7. What kinds of waves in the electromagnetic spectrum have the most energy?
ANSWER: short wave

8.What will an object become which radiates more heat than it absorbs?
ANSWER: cooler

9.What is the meaning of "λ"?
ANSWER: wave length

10. The area in which a body emits radiaion is a function of what variable?
ANSWER: temperature