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What does the Ozone do in the stratosphere?
Reflects UV rays
Absorbs UV rays
Scatters UV rays
Doesn’t do anything
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What is Ozone reduction caused by?
Methane and Carbon Dioxide
Chlorine and Fluorine in the atmosphere
Methane in the atmosphere
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When is the angle of Incidence the most intense?
Striking the Tropic of Cancer
At 23 1/2 degrees
At 90 degrees
Striking the Tropic of Capricorn
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Which date has the lowest angle?
Sept 22
March 21
Dec 21
June 21
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What are the greenhouse gasses?
CD, Water vapor, and ozone
Oxygen and Methane
Methane, ozone, vapor
Methane, Water Vapor and CD
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What is the duration of Insolation?
Number of hours of Insolation
The amount of heat we are getting
the latitude of the radiation
The duration of the suns rays for 9 hours
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What is the greenhouse effect?
Heats the atmosphere
Cools the atmosphere
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What is the most intense energy received by earth
Infrared
Visible light
O3
Gamma
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The greater the scattering, the ___ the amount of Insolation that reaches earth
Lower
Greater
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What are Ozone hole?
Areas where sun rays pass through
Areas where there is more ozone than needed
Areas of increased ozone
Areas of decreased ozone
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Visible light has a shorter wavelength than infrared
False
True
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What are suns rays scattered by?
Vapor
O3
Aerosols
Clouds
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The fall and spring equinox has a midway angle
True
False
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What is Insolation
Infrared Ray
Angle of Insolation
The latitude of the suns rays
Incoming Solar Radiation
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The greater the UV rays to surface, the ___ the rate of skin cancer
Lower
Greater
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Which date has the highest angle?
June 21
December 21
March 21
September 22
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What is the angle of Incidence?
heat energy hits earths surface as visible light and gives off infrared
IDK
The angle of the suns rays hitting in between the tropics
Angle at which the suns rays strike at earths surface
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What do the greenhouse gasses absorb?
Nothing
Visible light
Infrared
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What does the time of day have to do with the angle of insolation?
It’s highest at solar noon
Sun is low in the morning and evening
It’s highest at solar noon AND the sun is low in mornings and evenings
It doesn’t
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The longer the path…
The greater the duration
The shorter the duration
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Where do the vertical rays strike?
In between the tropics
Tropic of Cancer
90 degrees south
Tropic of Capricorn
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As latitude increases, angle of insolation…
Increases
Stays the same
Decreases
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What form of wave is the maximum intensity of radiation in?
Visible Light
Gamma
Infrared
Radio Waves
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What are the factors of the angle of Insolation?
Shape of earth and seasons
Season, latitude, and shape of earth
Time of day and seasons
Shape of Earth, the latitude, seasons, time of day
