Energy Balance 1 Quiz
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What determines a planet’s average surface temperature?

  • Distance from the sun, planet’s size, atmosphere composition
  • Atmospheric pressure, distance from the sun, albedo
  • Solar flux, planet’s reflectivity, greenhouse effect (correct)
  • Atmospheric composition, distance from the sun, solar radiation

    • What does Wien’s Law describe?

  • The amount of energy that passes through a given area per unit time
  • The flux of radiation reaching its peak at a wavelength inversely dependent on the blackbody’s absolute temperature (correct)
  • The relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and its average surface temperature
  • The total radiation emitted by a blackbody being proportional to its absolute temperature raised to the power of 4

    • What does the Stefan-Boltzmann Law state?

  • The relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and its average surface temperature
  • Total radiation emitted by a blackbody is proportional to its absolute temperature raised to the power of 4 (correct)
  • The amount of energy that passes through a given area per unit time
  • The flux of radiation reaching its peak at a wavelength inversely dependent on the blackbody’s absolute temperature

    • What decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the sun?

    <p>Solar flux</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines a planet’s average surface temperature?

    <p>Solar flux available at the distance of the planet’s orbit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Wien’s Law describe?

    <p>The flux of radiation reaching its peak at a wavelength inversely dependent on the blackbody’s absolute temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Stefan-Boltzmann Law state?

    <p>Total radiation emitted by a blackbody is proportional to its absolute temperature raised to the power of 4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the sun?

    <p>Solar flux</p> Signup and view all the answers

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