Question 1

Many people will blow on a bowl of hot soup to try to cool it.What are the two most important heat transport processes being used to cool the soup?

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Question 2

When you place an ice cube in your hand,the ice cube melts and your hand cools.List all the heat transport processes that are taking place.

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Question 3

Will a rising parcel of air always expand? Why? How does this expansion affect the air temperature? Why?

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Question 4

Which wavelengths of radiation does your body radiate most: ultraviolet,visible or infrared? Why?

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Question 5

Explain how energy in the form of sunlight absorbed at the ground could be transferred upward in the atmosphere in the form of latent heat.How or when is the latent heat energy released in the air above the ground?

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Question 6

When you remove a cold beverage from a refrigerator in a humid room,water vapor will condense on the sides of the container.Would this act to warm or cool the beverage,or would the condensation have no effect on the beverage's temperature?

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Question 7

How could clouds increase the surface temperature? How could clouds decrease the surface temperature?

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Question 8

Describe the atmospheric greenhouse effect.Is there any difference between the way the atmospheric greenhouse effect works on a clear night and on a cloudy night?

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Question 9

Describe why noontime shadows are longer in New York City than they are in Cancun,Mexico.

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