On the elliptical orbit of the earth, the point of greatest distance between the Earth and the Sun is:

On what date(s) will the sun be directly overhead at noon in Kampala, Uganda (0 degrees [zero degrees])?

On what date(s) will the sun be directly overhead at noon in Alice Springs, Australia (23.5 degrees S)?

On what date(s) will the sun be directly overhead at noon in Fort Yukon, Alaska (66.5 degrees N)?

What will be the Zenith angle at noon in Gainesville, Florida (29.63 degrees N latitude) on June 21?

What will be the Zenith angle at noon in Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.5 degrees S latitude) on December 21?

What will be the Zenith angle at noon in Bombay, India (19 degrees N latitude) on March 21?

How many hours of day light will be experienced at Murmansk, Russia (69 degrees N) on December 21?

How many hours of day light will be experienced at Banda Atjeh, Indonesia (5.5 degrees N latitude) on March 21?

The energy transferred by means of vertical mass motions of a medium is termed:

 What happens to the value of atmospheric pressure as elevation increases from earth’s surface?

What percentage of total insolation is reached on the earth’s surface?

On which day of the year will the sun be directly overhead, at noon, at Mubairik, Saudi Arabia (23.5 degrees N latitude)?

Which of the following names is associated with the calculation of the Incoming Solar Radiation?

Which of the following gasses is the most abundant in the earth’s atmosphere?

On which date is the Subsolar Point located at the Antarctic Pole?

What is the approximate angle of tilt of the earth’s axis of rotation during Equinoxes?

At which type of wavelength does the earth emit most of its energy back to space?

As the Incoming Solar Radiation travels from the top of the atmosphere to the earth’s surface, part of the radiation is scattered, which means:

Which of the following terms refers to the time of the year when the lengths of nights and days are equal at all points on the earth?

When we talk about Albedo of the earth, it means:

It is the intrinsic reflective quality of the earth when receiving the electromagnetic radiation.

All places lying at 23.5 degrees S latitude are said to be on:

March and September