Assignment 3

1. GDP of a nation is strongly linked to production of windmills in that nation.

a. True
b. False
2. The state of Mizoram consumes considerable amounts of energy relative to other states in India
a. True
b. False
3. Several of the hottest years on the planet have occurred in the last 10 years
a. True
b. False
4. The percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at present is the highest that it has been in
the past 400,000 years
a. True
b. False
5. All of the energy that reaches the Earth’s orbit from the Sun, reaches the atmosphere of the
Earth
a. True
b. False
6. As the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the average temperature of
the planet decreases
a. False
b. True
7. The intensity of Sun’s radiation is the same near the surface of the sun, as it is at Earth’s orbit.
a. True
b. False
8. All of the energy that arrives at the outer atmosphere of Earth, from the Sun, reaches the land
and seas on Earth
a. True
b. False
9. Energy absorbed by the land and the seas is used in part to form clouds and heat air, causing the
air to rise.
a. True
b. False
10. Since Earth is a sphere, all regions of the Earth receive the same intensity of Solar radiation
a. True
b. False