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6. Long wave lengths have the lowest energy

  • True
  • False

7. When the sun releases energy from nuclear fusion the energy reaches the Earth and interacts with the atmosphere, which is not one of the things that can happen?

  • It is absorbed
  • It is deformed
  • It is reflected
  • It is scattered

8. What wavelengths of visible light does chlorophyll absorb least efficiently?

  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Violet

9. Injecting more aerosols in the stratosphere it will...

  • Scatter radiation directly
  • Reflect radiation directly
  • Absorb radiation directly

10. Why do higher level clouds allow a lot more radiation through and not reflect it

  • Because they have less contained within them
  • Because they have more contained within them

11. Smaller water droplets produce darker of whiter clouds?

  • Whiter
  • Darker

12. How much colder would temperatures at the Earth's surface be if there was no greenhouse effect?

  • 30°C
  • 15°C
  • 25°C
  • 20°C

13. The Goldilocks principle suggest what?

  • Energy undergoes many changes
  • Earth is exactly right for life
  • Earth went through many stages before it became perfect

14. What is the general gas constant?

  • 5.481 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹
  • 8.314 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹
  • 6.022 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹

15. Which of the following indicate the standard pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at the surface?

  • 1000 mb
  • 1 bar
  • 1 atmosphere
  • 1000000 Pa

16. Smaller particles scatter shorter wave lengths (light)

  • True
  • False

17. The more harmful (higher energy) waves don't reach us because...

  • They are scattered through the atmosphere
  • They are compressed by gravity

18. Different (chemical) species will absorb energy from different wave lengths of light

  • True
  • False

19. Altering the atmosphere artificially is an example of

  • Geoengineering
  • Climate change
  • Chemical engineering

20. What is the volume of 1 mole of hydrogen gas (H₂) at room temperature (20°C)

  • 1 L
  • 24 L
  • 12 L
  • 4 L