Solar Constant and Greenhouse Effect

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Solar Constant and Greenhouse Effect: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Effect, Albedo, Solar Constant, Energy Balance, Source of Greenhouse Gases and, Mechanism of Photon Absorption

Important Questions on Solar Constant and Greenhouse Effect

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Explain the mechanism of photon absorption?

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How absorption of photons by greenhouse gases affect the Earth's atmosphere?

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Green house gases of the following are:

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List any four green house gases and list disadvantages of greenhouse gases.

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List some disadvantages of greenhouse gases.

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What is the source of N2O?

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What is the source of CH4?

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What is solar constant and its importance?

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The dimension of solar constant is :

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Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
 

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Solar constant for earth is 2 cal min-1 cm2, if distance of mercury from sun is 0.4 times than distance of earth from sun then solar constant for mercury will be?

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The greenhouse effect is due to

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Each minute earth receives about 2 cal of heat energy per square centimetre from the sun. This is called the solar constant S. The value of solar constant in S.I units is

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Solar constant is estimated to be approximately _____ kJ per second per square meter or _____ kW per square meter.

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More than 70% of world's freshwater is contained in: