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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Solar Energy knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The distance that the solar radiation has to travel will be lowest when the sun is directly overhead. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Ozone absorbs UV light and hence affects solar irradiance. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 3. |
Which of the following influences solar irradiance? |
| A. | Scattering elements like clouds |
| B. | Shape of the location receiving the radiation |
| C. | Type of the radiation |
| D. | Type of the receiving surface |
| Answer» B. Shape of the location receiving the radiation | |
| 4. |
Solar irradiance is measured in ______ |
| A. | watts |
| B. | meters/sec |
| C. | newtons |
| D. | watts/square meter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following best describes intensity? |
| A. | Energy supplied to a bulb |
| B. | Power supplied to a bulb |
| C. | Brightness of glowing bulb |
| D. | Energy the bulb radiates as heat |
| Answer» D. Energy the bulb radiates as heat | |
| 6. |
Why is the earth’s temperature nearly stable? |
| A. | Because the outgoing radiation dominates the incoming solar radiation |
| B. | Because the incoming short-wave solar radiation nearly equals the outgoing long-wave radiation |
| C. | Because the incoming long-wave solar radiation dominates the outgoing short-wave radiation |
| D. | Because the incoming long-wave solar radiation dominates the outgoing long-wave radiation |
| Answer» C. Because the incoming long-wave solar radiation dominates the outgoing short-wave radiation | |
| 7. |
During night, the net-all-wave radiation is dominated by _____ |
| A. | long-wave radiation |
| B. | short-wave radiation |
| C. | visible range |
| D. | gamma rays |
| Answer» B. short-wave radiation | |
| 8. |
What is solar irradiance? |
| A. | Solar radiation received by earth |
| B. | Solar radiation directly received by earth’s surface |
| C. | Solar radiation received by earth’s surface after scattering |
| D. | Intensity with which the solar radiation enters the earth’s atmosphere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What happens to earth when incoming energy is less than the outgoing energy? |
| A. | Earth’s temperature is not affected |
| B. | Earth’s temperature increases |
| C. | Earth’s temperature decreases |
| D. | Entire planet freezes |
| Answer» D. Entire planet freezes | |
| 10. |
What happens to earth when incoming energy is greater than the outgoing energy? |
| A. | Earth’s temperature decreases |
| B. | Earth’s temperature increases |
| C. | Earth’s temperature is not affected |
| D. | Water level rises |
| Answer» C. Earth’s temperature is not affected | |
| 11. |
What is earth’s energy budget? |
| A. | Balance between received energy and emitted energy after the distribution of energy throughout the five components of earth’s climate system |
| B. | Balance between received energy and emitted energy before the distribution of energy throughout the five components of earth’s climate system |
| C. | Balance between received energy and emitted energy |
| D. | Balance between received energy and emitted energy without the distribution of energy throughout the five components of earth’s climate system |
| Answer» B. Balance between received energy and emitted energy before the distribution of energy throughout the five components of earth’s climate system | |
| 12. |
How do all the living organisms on receive energy? |
| A. | From wind |
| B. | From fossil fuels |
| C. | From earth’s heat |
| D. | From sun |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
How does earth lose its excess solar radiation? |
| A. | By storing the radiation in its core |
| B. | By using the radiation to generate more magma |
| C. | By radiative cooling |
| D. | By conductive cooling |
| Answer» D. By conductive cooling | |
| 14. |
Which of the following process is involved in long-wave radiation? |
| A. | Adsorption |
| B. | Scattering |
| C. | Evaporation |
| D. | Condensation |
| Answer» C. Evaporation | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is used to measure the flux of outgoing long-wave radiation? |
| A. | Watt/square meter |
| B. | Watt |
| C. | Joules |
| D. | Watt/cubic meter |
| Answer» B. Watt | |