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True or False

Based on the information in the chapter, determine whether each of these statements is true or false.

1 .       The passage of shortwave and longwave energy through the atmosphere is called refraction. 

 
 


2 .       Surfaces with high albedo reflect more light than those with low albedo. 

 
 


3 .       Energy is transferred from low latitudes to high latitudes by advection. 

 
 


4 .       Emmissions of sulpher dioxide may offset some of the effects of greenhouse warming by increasing albedo. 

 
 


5 .       Naturally occuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is responsible for the greenhouse effect. 

 
 


6 .       Urban heat islands result from the fact that metal, glass, concrete, and other construction materials reflect more insolation than do natural vegetation and soil. 

 
 


7 .       Most energy emitted by the Earth's surface is absorbed by the atmosphere. 

 
 


8 .       The largest portion of solar energy entering the atmosphere is reflected by clouds and is lost to the earth/atmosphere system. 

 
 


9 .       Insolation is absorbed by atmospheric gases, dust, clouds, and statospheric ozone, as well as by land and water surfaces. 

 
 


10 .       In the natural radiation balance between earth and the atmosphere, nonradiative transfers of energy occur by convection, conduction, and latent heat of evaporation. 

 
 






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