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Heating and cooling of the atmosphere

In this Class 11 Geography topic, students learn how the atmosphere is heated and cooled through incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation. The lesson explains Earth’s heat balance and the roles of conduction, convection, advection, and latent heat in transferring energy through the atmosphere. Students also examine how land and water surfaces, cloud cover, humidity, and atmospheric circulation influence temperature patterns and help produce differences between places and times.

Easy · Level 5 · 25 questions

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  1. Because it makes night
  2. Because it is heated by the Moon
  3. Because it removes clouds
  4. Because it compresses
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  1. Balance of incoming and outgoing energy
  2. Only river flow
  3. Only mountain height
  4. Only soil colour
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  1. Only rainfall
  2. Gain and loss of energy
  3. Only Moon's motion
  4. Only direction of rivers
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  1. Increase of solar energy
  2. Longer day
  3. Heat escaping by radiation
  4. Increase of sea salt
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  1. Because humid air creates the Sun
  2. Because humid air removes sea
  3. Because humid air stops wind
  4. Because water vapour reduces heat loss
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  1. Water vapour and clouds moderate temperature
  2. The Sun always remains off
  3. Earth stops rotating
  4. Air becomes solid
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  1. Because sea blocks the Sun
  2. Because land heats and cools quickly
  3. Because there is no air on land
  4. Because seawater is solid
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  1. Only earthquake
  2. Only tide
  3. Radiation conduction convection and advection
  4. Only river flow
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  1. Both occur only in water
  2. Both occur only at night
  3. Wind is necessary in both
  4. Radiation can occur without medium while conduction occurs by contact
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  1. Convection is vertical movement and advection is horizontal movement
  2. Both have no relation with air
  3. Convection occurs only in sea
  4. Advection occurs only in rocks
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  1. Sea tide
  2. Terrestrial radiation
  3. Glacier movement
  4. River erosion
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  1. Clear dry sky
  2. Snowy open surface
  3. Dense cloud cover
  4. Complete desert dryness
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  1. Absorbed rainfall
  2. Distance of the Moon
  3. Density of the ground
  4. Reflected solar radiation
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  1. It can help cooling
  2. It can shut the Sun
  3. It can remove air
  4. It can make night into day
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  1. Only lunar eclipse
  2. Differences in temperature and pressure
  3. Source of a river
  4. Age of a rock
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  1. Because roads and buildings store heat during the day
  2. Because the Sun shines at night in cities
  3. Because villages have no atmosphere
  4. Because day length is doubled in cities
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  1. Because it is near the heated surface
  2. Because it is near the Moon
  3. Because the Sun stays there
  4. Because there is no air there
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  1. Convection
  2. Conduction
  3. Advection
  4. Reflection
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  1. Lunar energy
  2. Seismic energy
  3. Solar energy
  4. Tidal energy
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  1. Because the atmosphere touches the Sun
  2. Because the Moon heats air
  3. Because oceans remove air
  4. Because the surface absorbs energy and emits longwave radiation
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  1. Convection
  2. Conduction
  3. Reflection
  4. Radiational cooling
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  1. Evaporation
  2. Advection
  3. Condensation
  4. Albedo
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  1. Flowing of river
  2. Breaking of rock
  3. Sun's energy reaching Earth
  4. Increase in air pressure
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  1. Because the Sun heats more at night
  2. Because clouds cause rainfall
  3. Because air becomes solid
  4. Because longwave radiation escapes easily
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  1. They may reduce temperature by lowering solar energy
  2. They bring the Sun closer to Earth
  3. They stop Earth's rotation
  4. They dry the sea

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